Talking pictures : how they are made and how to appreciate them (1937)

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Glossary Tarp: Diminutive form for huge black tarpaulins or black canvas used to keep out weather or light from an exterior setting. Telescopic lens: Lens able to photograph a scene at a long distance and bring it into seemingly close range. Tempo: The timing and mood of a photoplay. Test: A photographic, sound, or full talking picture (photographic and sound) trial of a person, animal, setting, costume, or make-up; taken to determine suitability for a specific picture or to determine possibilities of a person as a new member of the acting profession. Three sheet : See poster. Throw the line away: Speaking a line without any particular emphasis. Lines are frequently thrown away in order to give greater force to their later repetition. Treatment: A story written scene by scene as the action would appear in a final picture but without numbered divisions or special technical or dramatic instructions. The dialogue is only suggested. The intent is merely to promise a skeleton's framework sufficient to permit the correction of basic story errors before the story is transferred into the final polished scenario form. It is the intermediate point between a published or original story or stage play and the scenario. Tri-pack: A form of film, used in color photography, which has three color-sensitive emulsions, one on top of the other. Trucking shot : Same as dolly shot. Tubby: Sound recording term used to describe inaccurately recorded low tones, which give the effect of a man talking with his head in a tub. It is usually a result of the low frequencies being exaggerated. Turkey: Slang for a bad picture. Twenty-four sheet: See poster. [jn ]