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Set

Meaning in film & television, with examples

/set/nounCore term

In film & television, set means: The 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.

In Turkish: set, dekor, çekim yeri

How it is used

People are on set or on the set; they arrive on set, are needed on set and keep quiet on set. Set also means the built scenery: the art department builds and dresses the set. Set etiquette means the unwritten rules of behaviour during filming.

Example sentences

  1. Phones off, please. We're about to roll on set.

  2. The whole apartment is a set built inside the studio.

Common collocations

  • on set
  • film set
  • build a set
  • set designer
  • closed set
  • locationA real place outside the studio, such as a street, house or forest, where a film or TV show is shot.
  • production designerThe head of the art department, who designs the overall visual world of a film: sets, locations, props, colors and the period look.
  • crewThe people who work behind the camera on a film or TV production, such as the camera, lighting, sound, art, costume and production teams.
  • call sheetA daily document sent to the cast and crew that lists the scenes being shot, the location, call times and important contacts for the next shooting day.
  • 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.

This word in other fields

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