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Glossary
Cutting: The selection and arrangement in the proper sequence of the various scenes in a motion picture. Also called film editing.
Dailies: Studio term for scenes in a picture taken one day and processed and shown to the director or producer the next day. From these he makes his choice of the best "takes." Also called rushes.
Dark room: Darkened room in which unexposed motion picture or still photographic film is loaded and unloaded from containers.
Dead stage: Talking picture studio stage upon which no recording of sound is being done.
Depth of focus : That portion of subject between foreground and background which is considered sharp or in focus.
Deuce: A 2,000 watt spotlight.
Developer: A chemical solution used to bring out the latent image on the emulsion of photographic film.
Developing: Method of chemically treating exposed photographic film or plates, to convert the latent image into a visible image.
Diaphragm {dl'a-fram) (acoustical): The disk of a loudspeaker which is caused to vibrate by electrical impulses, thereby becoming a source of sound ; also a disk in a microphone which is caused to vibrate by impinging sound waves.
Diaphragm (optical): A device, such as a perforated plate or iris, which limits either the aperture of a lens, the field covered by the lens, or both, depending on its location.
Director: Talking picture studio technician in charge of rehearsing players and directing photography of their dramatic or comic action. He is completely in charge of all production activities on a studio stage.
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