Four-waller
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Four-waller is a noun meaning (film, theater) A company that rents a cinema or theater under a four-wall arrangement.
Meaning
(film, theater) A company that rents a cinema or theater under a four-wall arrangement.
More Meanings
- (film, television) A studio consisting of buildings but little in the way of equipment.
Example Sentences
With their audience's desires carefully measured and films made to match those desires, four-wallers then saturated local television markets with advertisements for their movies […]
Now it is more common for studios to operate as 'four wallers', that is just the buildings with very limited supporting facilities and for all the personnel to be engaged by the production company.
The sets and corridors were all built with very low ceilings. They were four-wallers, so that meant lighting through grills or hiding lights or having in-shot lamps. I think the look of the film is due to the nature of the sets […]
Word Forms
- four-wallers
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include four-walling, cineplex, screener, videowall, theater, walling.
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