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Rehearsal

Meaning in film & television, with examples

/rɪˈhɜːsl/nounCore term

In film & television, rehearsal means: A practice session in which actors and crew go through a scene before filming it, to work out the performance, movement and camera positions.

In Turkish: prova

How it is used

Before the shoot there may be weeks of rehearsals and a table read (the cast reads the whole script aloud). On the day, the director runs a rehearsal for blocking, then a camera rehearsal. The verb is rehearse.

Example sentences

  1. We'll do one rehearsal for camera and then go for a take.

  2. The two actors had a week of rehearsals before the shoot started.

Common collocations

  • camera rehearsal
  • dress rehearsal
  • rehearsal time
  • run a rehearsal
  • rehearse a scene
  • takeOne attempt at filming a shot. If something goes wrong or the director wants a different version, the crew does another take.
  • auditionA short performance in which an actor reads or acts part of a role so that the casting team can decide whether to choose them.
  • setThe place where filming happens, either a space built in a studio to look like a real place or the area being used at a location.
  • castAll the actors who play the characters in a film, series or play. As a verb, to cast someone means to choose them for a role.

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