单词 | on or off set |
释义 | > as lemmason or off (the) set 28. = set scene n. at set adj.1 Compounds 1. Also, more widely, the setting, stage furniture, etc., used on stage in a theatre. In Film-making and Television, the scenery (usually built up rather than painted) and other properties used in the filming of an individual scene; the place or area in which filming takes place. Frequently in on or off (the) set. Also attributive and in other combinations. Cf. film set n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > a theatre > theatrical equipment or accessories > [noun] > scenery > set set scenery1854 set1859 stage-set1861 set scene1866 1859 E. Fitzball Thirty-five Years Dramatic Author's Life I. vi. 91 The vast scenes were pushed into sets, imperfectly painted. 1861 Cornhill Mag. Aug. 169 In the Frogs, we have..a grand full stage ‘set’ of the Acherusian lake. 1868 M. E. Braddon Dead-Sea Fruit II. xxvi. 296 If such a set were only manageable at the Bonbonnière! But we have not enough depth for this kind of thing. 1880 Theatre Apr. 223 The set was excellent, representing the interior of an Elizabethan house. 1894 Mrs. H. Ward Marcella I. i. i. 5 The complete disappearance of this earliest ‘set’, to use a theatrical phrase, from the scenery of her childhood. 1912 F. A. Talbot Moving Pictures x. facing p. 109 (caption) Building a solid set for ‘The Two Orphans’. 1918 H. Croy How Motion Pictures are Made 107 With the sets determined upon, preparation for the taking of the picture is begun. 1929 Morning Post 24 May 12/7 Whether one observes this operation on the ‘set’ or in the recording-room, one is struck by the essential differences in making talk and silent films. 1929 Morning Post 24 May 12/7 The director produces his sequence again on the ‘set’. 1929 ‘Van Dine’ Studio Murder Myst. i. 7 The skeletons of ‘dead’ sets clothed in flowing veils of gray. 1936 P. G. Wodehouse Laughing Gas iv. 51 She was supposed to be on the set, made up, at six on the following a.m. for some retakes. 1947 A. Huxley Let. 27 July (1969) 573 The ticklish situation on the set made it impossible to come to New York for Claire's wedding. 1953 K. Reisz Technique Film Editing i. 60 Dialogue-writing, set-design and acting all become subjugated to this central purpose. 1956 C. McCullers in Mademoiselle Sept. 174/2 Mabel Goodley, the painter and set-designer. 1961 G. Millerson Technique Television Production i. 15 The set designer, responsible for the scenic treatment. 1973 Listener 22 Nov. 727/3 The same people are very much less agreeable in Meet Pamela than they are ‘off-set’ in Day for Night. 1977 M. Babson Murder, murder, Little Star xviii. 154 Had there been a further scene..in the dressing-room? Twinkle was being too good on set. < as lemmas |
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