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Filmmaker's Griptionary - A


Anchor Spike
  A long spike with a large head welded onto it so that it can be driven into the ground to safely tie off stands.
Apple Box
A wooden box used to make small actors tall, raise furniture to make tall actors short, a place for teamsters to sit, or a good place to pick up a splinter in a very delicate part of the body. There are also Half Apple Boxes, Quarter Apple Boxes, Eighth Apple Boxes, not to mention the series of Mini Apple Boxes available from Matthews.

(Reprinted with permission from Matthews Studio Equipment)

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