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Filmmaking Terms Starting With D

The filmmaking terms that begin with D, in alphabetical order.

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Definitions of Filmmaking Terms Starting With D

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  • Driving-sim Pod

    A driving-sim pod is a specialized vehicle rig used in virtual production that places a real car body on a motion base, surrounded by LED screens displaying a virtual environment.

  • Drone Camera

    An unmanned aerial vehicle equipped with a camera for capturing aerial shots.

  • Drone Shot

    Aerial footage captured by remotely piloted multirotor or fixed-wing cameras

  • Dry for Dry

    Dry for Dry is an editing style for dialogue scenes that exclusively uses clean single shots of each character, which can create a sense of emotional distance.

  • dubbing

    Replacing a film’s original audio with another language localises content for global markets.

  • Dupe

    A dupe is a duplicate copy of a film negative, created for various post-production purposes to protect the original camera negative.

  • Duv

    Duv is a precise color science metric that measures the green or magenta tint of a light source, working in tandem with the Kelvin scale to define a light's true color.

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