sepopt en · ADJ
Etymology
Clipping of separate optical.
Meanings
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(dated, not-comparable) Having a separately optically recorded soundtrack running concurrently with the film footage.
At the appropriate distances (28, 26 and 20 frames) ahead of the JOIN PICTURE HERE line there are rows of squares, circles and triangles which indicate the correct splicing points for 16-mm sepmag, 16-mm sepopt and […]
1968, D. J. Corbett, Motion Picture and Television Film, page 64: