| 单词 | sound blimp |
| 释义 | > as lemmassound blimp 3. Originally Cinematography. A soundproof cover for a film camera, used to prevent the noise of its mechanism intruding on the soundtrack of a film (cf. camera booth n. at camera n. Compounds). Later more generally (also in sound blimp): a soundproof cover for a camera.Recorded earliest in attributive use. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > filming > filming equipment > [noun] > camera > sound-proof covering blimp1929 1929 Los Angeles Sunday Times 7 Apr. 8/4 (caption) Lane Chandler, with the new Blimp camera, perfected at the Paramount studio to ensure noiseless camera operation for talking sequences in ‘The Studio Murder Mystery’. 1929 Pop. Mech. Mag. Dec. 888/1 The blimp is cheaper than the large boxes in which cameras have been inclosed heretofore to make them soundproof, and gives greater flexibility in the use of camera angles. 1963 Movie Apr. 12/1 Tripods, blimps, dollies, tracking rails, booms, cranes, lighting equipment. 2010 Variety (Nexis) 25 Mar. 1 Among the rarities shifted to Rochester: Technicolor Camera Blimps, the enclosures used to silence the mammoth three-strip Technicolor cameras of yore. 2013 Shooting from Hip (Nexis) 30 Mar. Even with a sound blimp attached to my camera to reduce noise, I still manage to piss off the snobby millionaires seated feet away from me. < as lemmas |
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