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irising en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (uncountable) The use of an iris shot.
   • Irising is frequently used instead of the fade to indicate the completion of a scene sequence and the beginning of a new series of scenes. 1920, Frances Taylor Patterson, chapter 4, in Cinema Craftsmanship: A Book for Photoplaywrights, New York: Harcourt, Brace and Howe, page 120:
   • The screen is black at first, till a brightly lit hole opens in it and an all-black silhouette stands at what we see, in a moment, is a doorway. This is the wide-screen equivalent of irising in Ford’s silent films. 1998, Garry Wills, chapter 20, in John Wayne’s America, New York: Simon & Schuster, page 254:
   • Throughout the film [The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari] circular patterns are symbolic of chaos. Where irising began and ended a happy carnival sequence, an underlying feeling of chaos was created. 1976, Allan Casebier, Film Appreciation, New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, Part 1, p. 22:

irising en · VERB

Meanings

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of iris
   form of iris