B-reel

English B reel Alternative forms en B reel Noun - s en television film music The second piece of film or audio or video tape in a situation (as editing or broadcasting) where multiple inputs are used. en 1969 Maury Green Television News: Anatomy and Process 120 The separate reels of a multiple-chain story are given letter designations: A-reel, B-reel, C-reel. on https://archive.org/details/televisionnewsan0000unse_m2o7/page/120 en 1969 Maury Green Television News: Anatomy and Process 135 The story usually (but by no means always) opens with an A-reel shot of the reporter who by narration establishes the shot. Then picture and sound move to the second chain (B-reel) to show actuality, the actuality picture sometimes being bridged at some points by the sound of narration on the A-reel. https://archive.org/details/televisionnewsan0000unse_m2o7/page/135 en 1974 George Glenn Super 8 Handbook 176 https://archive.org/details/super8handbook0000unse/page/176/ Begin matching the original with the work print by placing the first shot of the original on one reel (the “A” reel) and the second shot on another reel (the “B” reel). Continue alternating from the A reel to the B reel as you conform. en 1980 Milton Lustig Music Editing for Motion Pictures 38 https://archive.org/details/musiceditingform0000lust/page/38/ When the timing goes from a B reel to an A reel, the composer should be aware of how to write for this situation. The music in the outgoing reel should end at the end of the reel. en television film secondary or supplemental footage to be intercut with principle film or video. en B roll en 1991 Jim Weikart Casualty Loss 151 https://archive.org/details/casualtyloss00weik/page/151 Now I remembered that Murph had convinced us not to show the first B reel during our viewing of the full takes, saying that we’d seen it before. en 2005 Melissa M. Dudek Catchers, Cows, & Nachos 46 https://archive.org/details/catcherscowsnach0000meli/page/46/ Lela was saddled with a cameraman, shooting “B-Reel” somewhere in the fairgrounds. Theoretically, that should slow her down and make her easier to catch. en 2019 Dianne Whelan Base Camp: 40 Days on Everest 95 https://archive.org/details/basecamp40dayson0000whel/page/95/ I’m very weak. Everything takes effort. We spend the morning filming some B-reel and transferring footage, which leaves us both feeling wiped out, so we withdraw for a little midday tent time. See also second unit reel