Terns Of Visualization Part 04, Dress (VT, film, BT)
(1) To get a set prepared for shooting or, in the case of business theatre, for last rehearsal. This means all props and other tools must be in place.
(2) An abbreviation for dress rehearsal.
Dresser (VT) is someone backstage who helps performers in and out of their costumes made famous by a British movie of the same name.
Dress rehearsal (BT) in theatrical terms, a dress rehearsal means a full rehearsal of a play, with all actors in costume. In business theatre, especially when all actors are speakers rather than actors, you don’t normally bother to put the speakers in their best suits! However, it does mean that the whole show is rehearsed, including any component and videotape or movie inserts, in correct order. Any actors or models involved will be in costume. The dress rehearsal is usually the last before the show, or before the first show of a roadshow.
See also technical rehearsal, top and tail rehearsal
Drift (VT) when the efficacity of a camera is on the slippery downward slope is a more serious problem than creep.
Drop in (ST, BT)
(1) Any bit of graphics which is superimposed on to an existing photograph, either during movie processing or in a montage.
(2) When you’re program a show, any slides which are late will usually be called drop-ins. That’s because for program, purposes you use a write-on slide and drop the last slide in when it’s ready.
Dropout (sound, VT)
(1) A fleeting stop or gap in a signal from an audio tape, usually caused by a little imperfection.
(2) Small white sparkling bits that appear on display, caused by impurities in the oxide coating of an inferior bit of videotape.
Drop shadow (ST, VT, film) a shadow down one or two sides of an object – usually lettering – to emphasize it in relief. Can be done by hand at artwork stage, or it can be computer created.
Dry (BT) to forget your lines or lose your thread when ad libbing. A word pinched form traditional theatre.
Dry hire (all) an expression used to show that tools hired comes just as it stands; the hire does not include crew or workers for it, and the hirer must operate it him or herself, opposite of wet hire.
Dry ice fog (BT, VT, film) creates a misty, foggy effect at low level either lives in business theatre or in a studio for videotape or movie is consists of hard carbon dioxide either dunked in hot water or with steam blown over it. Most actors complain of very cold ankles when working with dry ice fog, but the dramatic effect can be spectacular, particularly if you play colored lights through the mists.
Dubs (VT, film, sound) see dubbing
Dubbing (VT, film, sound)
(1) To assemble all pre-recorded material for a program or movie and re-record it into one harmonious mix.
(2) Sometimes, too, performers will dub their own voices on to a soundtrack for a movie; very often the sound quality recorded on location is poor, so to do it over again in a studio gives far better results.
(3) Professional singers will dub their voices over an actor’s on movie where the actors appear to be singing, in lip sync.
(4) Foreign languages can be dubbed on to a movie in another language.
Dupe (ST, film) is abbreviation of copy or copying. Whether you’re talking about slides or movies, it’s important to remember that dupes must always be taken from the original master. Dupes taken from dupes will never be as high-quality; the more generations a slide or movie foes through in copying, the worse the quality gets.
Dutchman (BT)
(1) A cloth strip which you can use to conceal the joins in theatrical sets or flats.
(2) The rigid supports used to hold scenery up.
Dutch tilt (VT, film) to turn a camera to an unusual angle, i.e. not on the horizontal, can produce quite interesting effects.
DVE (VT) stands for digital video effects.
See also digital effects
