Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

one-reeler

French translation:

court-métrage

Added to glossary by Thierry Bourguet
Aug 4, 2010 22:30
14 yrs ago
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English term

one-reeler

English to French Other Cinema, Film, TV, Drama
Bonjour,

savez-vous ce qu'est un "one-reeler" ? D'après mon contexte, je pense qu'il s'agit d'une sorte de vieux film, datant du début de l'histoire du cinéma, mais je ne sais pas quel terme employer.
Proposed translations (French)
3 +3 court-métrage
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Aug 9, 2010 21:34: Thierry Bourguet Created KOG entry

Proposed translations

+3
8 mins
Selected

court-métrage

un film tenant sur une seul bobine, donc de courte durée:

one-reel·er   /ˈwʌnˈrilər/ Show Spelled[wuhn-ree-ler]
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–noun
a motion picture, esp. a cartoon or comedy, of 10 to 12 minutes' duration and contained on one reel of film: popular esp. in the era of silent films.

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Note added at 9 heures (2010-08-05 07:59:56 GMT)
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Certains juxtaposent même "one reeler" et court-métrage :

http://perso.campus.ecp.fr/~bda/site/index.php?option=com_co...
Peer comment(s):

agree Arnold T. : Oui, aussi dans Termium : film en une bobine / film de 10 minutes !
20 mins
Merci !
agree Tony M : Though I think the expression these days usually refers to a 2,000' projection reel of film, which lasts around 20 mins (about the usual length for a 'short')
26 mins
Merci !
neutral Jennifer Levey : Methinks a typical 'Tom and Jerry' episode would, technically, be a 'one-reeler', but I'm less sure that it would qualify as a 'court-métrage' in the way the term is normally used in the French film industry.
38 mins
agree Franck Le Gac (X) : I agree with all of the above, and have come across the term mostly while reading on silent cinema, to define or distinguish films that were not feature-length films (those appeared only in 1914-15).
12 hrs
Merci !
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Reference comments

35 mins
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Calculating film lengths / durations

While researching for the above, I came across this site, which I thought might be of interest:
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10 hrs
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