film setn.
/ˈfɪlm sɛt/, U.S. /ˈfɪlm ˌsɛt/ A setting with scenery, lighting, and props, used to represent the environment in which a scene in a film takes place; (also) a place or area used for filming. Cf. set n.1 28.
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studio1909
location1914
lot1915
film set1916
sound stage1931
floor1937
1916 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 12 Feb. 14/3 It is the first film set to have ever been made out of ‘papier mache’.
1934 Bakersfield Californian 8 Feb. 8/4 Her fur coat caught fire us she brushed against a lighted candle on a film set.
1976 E. Keeley Cavafy's Alexandria i. 5 The halls and staircase seemingly a World War II film set fashioned out of crude materials.
2010 Financial Times 16 Oct. (House & Home section) 10/4 Alfred Hitchcock realised the petrifying genius of the place and rescued it as a film set.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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