bipack

English

Etymology

bi- +‎ pack

Noun

bipack (uncountable)

1. (cinematography) The process of loading two reels of film into a camera, so that they both pass through the camera gate together, formerly used for visual effects and as a subtractive colour process.

Verb

bipack (third-person singular simple present bipacks, present participle bipacking, simple past and past participle bipacked)

1. (cinematography) To load two reels of film in this manner.

Related terms

• tripack