softwall en · ADJ
Etymology
From soft + wall.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Made from lightweight flexible materials.
Softwall flats are an excellent not restricted by the chroma key locale.[…]Another approach to combining hard or softwall is illustrated in Figure 4.
1976, Broadcast Engineering, page 34:Floating wire hardwall, softwall, and corrugated hardwall constructions are available in a variety of cover materials, such as neoprene, natural rubber, butyl, which the manufacturer reports meet practically every application requirement in the bulk materials handling field.
1966, Pit & Quarry, page 74:Although television stations and non-broadcast production houses use hardwall scenery almost exclusively, softwall scenery is more practical for high-school and college television operations.
2003, Herbert Zettl, Television Production Handbook, 8th edition, Thomson/Wadsworth, →ISBN, page 370: