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day for night

day for night noun: a cinematographic technique in which a crew films in a high-contrast situation, typically in the early morning or late afternoon, with a blue filter, causing the scene to look as if it were shot in moonlight.

Noun

day for night (uncountable)

  1. A cinematographic technique in which a crew films in a high-contrast situation, typically in the early morning or late afternoon, with a blue filter, causing the scene to look as if it were shot in moonlight.

Adverb

day for night (not comparable)

  1. In the daytime, with a blue filter, causing the scene to look as if it were shot in moonlight.
    • The Sandcrawler scene in Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope was shot day for night.

Questions about day for night

What does day for night mean?
Day for night means a cinematographic technique in which a crew films in a high-contrast situation, typically in the early morning or late afternoon, with a blue filter, causing the scene to look as if it were shot in moonlight.
What part of speech is day for night?
Day for night can be a noun or an adverb.

Words near day for night in the dictionary

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  2. day drinks
  3. day drunk
  4. day fine
  5. day fines
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  7. day game
  8. day gecko
  9. day geckoes
  10. day geckos
  11. day gone by

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