Film stock

How it is used

Used in analog production when choosing sensitivity, format and visual texture.

Example sentences

1. We chose faster film stock for the scenes inside the dim restaurant.

   Greater sensitivity helps record the available low light.

2. The camera team tested two types of film stock before the period drama.

   The test compares material choices before principal filming.

Common collocations

• shoot on film stock
• test film stock

Related terms

• shootTo record a film, scene or shot with a camera. As a noun, a shoot is the period or the day when the filming happens.
• crewThe people who work behind the camera on a film or TV production, such as the camera, lighting, sound, art, costume and production teams.

More terms: On Set: The Shoot

• take
• set
• location
• rehearsal
• call sheet
• continuity
• clapperboard
• wrap
• stunt
• green screen
• script supervisor
• call time