Four-waller
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A company that rents a cinema or theater under a four-wall arrangement.
"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 […]"
- 2 A studio consisting of buildings but little in the way of equipment.
"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 […]"
Example
More examples"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 […]"
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