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day for night en · ADV

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) In the daytime, with a blue filter, causing the scene to look as if it were shot in moonlight.
   • The Sandcrawler scene in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope was shot day for night.

day for night en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (uncountable) A cinematographic technique in which a crew films in a high-contrast situation, typically in the early morning or late afternoon, with a blue filter, causing the scene to look as if it were shot in moonlight.

Translations (2)

fr nuit américaine (cinematographic technique) · eo dumtaga noktefekto (cinematographic technique)