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GLOSSARY 279 DOUBLE SYSTEM SOUND CAMERA. Sound recording in which synchronous motors drive the film through the motion-picture camera and at the same time drive another roll of film past a light valve for sound record- ing. The two pieces of film are later combined in printing. DUBBING. Mixing several sound tracks and re-recording on a single com- bined track. DUPE. A duplicate negative made from a positive print. EDITING. The final arranging, shortening, and eliminating of scenes in a picture and synchronizing them with the sound track. While "editing" is often used interchangeably with "cutting," a cutter is specifically one who does the manual part of the work. EMULSION. The light-sensitive coating on film. EXCITER LAMP. Electric light bulb in a projector which projects a ray of light through film to the photoelectric cell. EXPOSURE. The amount of light reaching the film, controlled by the diaphragm of the lens, degree of opening of the shutter, and speed of the camera. FADE-IN. The gradual appearance of screen image from blackness. FADE-OUT. The gradual disappearance of a screen image into total black- ness. FAKING. Arrangement of articles in front of the camera in some unnatural position that, when photographed, will pass as authentic. FIELD. The picture area that will be recorded on the film. FILL-IN LIGHT. A light used to soften shadows. FILM STRIPS. Strips of motion-picture film that are projected one frame at a time. They are usually called slidefilms when used for business purposes. FILTER. Colored glass or gelatin used in front of the lens to absorb certain light rays and change the color rendition of the scene on the film. FINDER. A device for observing the image being recorded on the film. FINE GRAIN. Any fine-grain photographic emulsion, specifically a fine- grain print to be used in making a duplicate negative. FISHPOLE. A hand boom for suspending the microphone over the head of actors. FIXING. The removing of all undeveloped photographic emulsion from a film. FLANGE. A spool reel with one side omitted so that film wound on it may be removed in a roll for storage. FLARE. A light reflection or leak that when recorded on the film eats out the image and causes a white streak.