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B roll
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B-roll Broll broll
English
B-roll
Alternative forms
en B-roll
Noun
- s
en television film Supplemental or alternative footage intercut with the main shot, used, for example, to indicate simultaneous action or flashbacks.
en July 26, 2018 Ignatiy Vishnevetsky A documentary muckraker takes on the tech sector of health in The Bleeding Edge The Onion AV Club https://film.avclub.com/a-documentary-muckraker-takes-on-the-tech-sector-of-hea-1827851315 The Bleeding Edge isn’t an audacious or essayistic piece of filmmaking; it’s overstretched with talking-head interviews, montages of corporate videos, and creepy B-roll shots of hospital equipment. 2 August 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20180729090131/https://film.avclub.com/a-documentary-muckraker-takes-on-the-tech-sector-of-hea-1827851315 29 July 2018
Coordinate terms
en A roll
Translations
supplemental or alternative footage
Russian: ru подсъёмка f
Swedish: sv klippbilder c-p