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Filmmaker's Griptionary - P

Pancake
  East Coast term for Eighth Apple Box.
Pidgeon
  East Coast term for Baby Plate or Junior Wall Plate.
Pig Tail
  Short piece of electrical cable with connector plugging device at both ends.
Polito Bracket
  Made to hold Expendable Reflectors or bead board and foam core, the Polito Bracket can be adjusted from 24" to 48". To further enhance its functionality, it has an ear for mounting in a grip head; a ground spike and a handle for hand holding.
Poultry Bracket
  Need a Junior as a backlight, but can't use a light stand because it can't be hidden behind the telephone pole that is in the shot? Use the telephone pole as your light stand. Or use a street lamp or a tree trunk! The Matthews Poultry Bracket turns all of these into instant light stands. Made with a 1-1/8" Junior receiver at the end of the arm with a 5/8" pin directly below it, even a Cutter can be mounted from the same bracket.

(Reprinted with permission from Matthews Studio Equipment)