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Infilmandtelevisionproduction,Broll(Broll,orBroll)issupplementaloralternativefootageintercutwiththe
mainshot.Infictionfilm,itisatechniqueusedtoindicatesimultaneousactionorflashbacks.

Contents
1 Etymology
2 Use
2.1 Historic
2.2 Lineareditingera
2.3 Contemporary
3 Seealso
4 References
5 Externallinks

Etymology
ThetermBrolloriginatesfromthemethodof16mmfilmproductionfromanoriginalcameranegative.Framesof
workprintandoforiginalnegativearematchedexactlythroughtheuseofedgenumbersthatappearedoneach
frameoforiginalandworkprint.Buttheoriginalwasnotstrungtogetherinasimplelinearfashionaswasthework
print.Instead,theoriginalwaseditedina"checkerboard"pattern,witheachshotsynchronizedtoanequallengthof
opaqueleaderonasecondor"B"roll.

Use
Historic
"AandB"rollsfunctionedequallytomakeblindsplices,fades,anddissolvespossible.Eachrollwasprinted
separatelyontoasinglerollofrawstocktoproduceprojectionprints.[1]Theprocessisdescribedinthe1982
editionofthe"RecommendedProcedures"oftheAssociationofCinemaandVideoLaboratories,andinthe1962
textFilmandItsTechniques.[2]

Lineareditingera
ThenthetermBrollwasadoptedfortheolderformoflinearbasededitingandthecommonnamingconventions
usedbymosttelevisionproductionfacilities.Traditionally,thetapedecksinaneditsuitewerelabelledbyletter,
withthe'A'deckbeingtheonecontainingthemaintapeuponwhichthemainactionmaterialwasshot.The'B'

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deckwasusedtoruntapesthatheldadditional,typicallysoundless,footagesuchasestablishingshots,cutaway
shots,andanyothersupportingfootage.[3]Aslineareditingsystemswereunabletodissolvebetweenclipsonthe
sametape,aneditdecisionlist(EDL)wasusedtomarkclipsas"aroll"and"broll"toindicatesourcemachines.

Contemporary
Theterm"Broll"hasseveralcontemporarymeanings:
Ininterviewsanddocumentaryfilmsitmaydescribesecondaryfootagethataddsmeaningtoasequenceor
disguisestheeliminationofunwantedcontent.Thistechniqueofusingthecutawayiscommontohidezooms,
wherethevisualsmaycutawaytoBrollfootageofwhatthepersonistalkingaboutwhiletheAcamera
zoomsin,thencutbackafterthezoomiscomplete.
ThecutawaytoBrollfootagecanalsobeusedtohideverbalorphysicalticsthattheeditorand/ordirector
findsdistracting:Becausetheaudioisseparatefromthevideo,thespeaker'svoiceisheardasavoiceover
whileBrollfootageisshown.Thefilmmakersarethusfreetoexcise"uh"s,sniffs,coughs,andsoforth
withoutthevideoshowingthesmallskipsassociatedwiththeseminorexcisions.Similarly,acontextually
irrelevantpartofasentenceoranecdotecanberemovedtoconstructamoreeffective,succinctdelivery.

Seealso
Cameracoverage
Pickup(filmmaking)
BKRoll(https://vimeo.com/flynownetwork/videos)UsedbyFilmMakerBrianK."BK"Kissingerinhis
"RealityAviationDocumentary"FlyNow!2015andothers

References
1.Spottiswoode,Raymond(1966),Filmanditstechniques.U.CalPress.Chapter1,p44.
2.Spottiswoode,Raymond(1966),FilmandItsTechniques.UniversityofCaliforniaPress
3.Irving,DavidK.Rea,PeterW.(2014).ProducingandDirectingtheShortFilmandVideo.CRCPress.p.172.
ISBN9781136048425.

Externallinks
ParodycommercialthatusesBRollexamples(http://www.break.com/video/wegotthatbroll1562758)
Retrievedfrom"https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Broll&oldid=718545334"
Categories: Filmproduction Filmediting Homevideosupplements Filmandvideoterminology
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