pellicle mirror

noun Photography.

a fixed mirror in a single-lens reflex camera that reflects some of the light entering the lens to the ground-glass view screen while permitting most of the light to pass through to the film.

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Origin:
in reference to the thin, partially reflective coating covering such mirrors

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a print with picture and sound placed side by side on the same strand of film after all postproduction work on picture and sound has been completed

a shot that views the action from the opposite side of the previous shot, giving the effect of looking from one actor to the other.

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