Meanings
nounB roll (usually uncountable, plural B rolls)
plural B rolls · alternative B-roll
- uncountableusuallybroadcastingSupplemental or alternative footage intercut with the main shot, used, for example, to indicate simultaneous action or flashbacks.
The Bleeding Edge isn’t an audacious or essayistic piece of filmmaking; it’s overstretched with talking-head interviews, montages of corporate videos, and creepy B-roll shots of hospital equipment.
2018 July 26, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, “A documentary muckraker takes on the tech sector of health in The Bleeding Edge”, in The Onion AV Club, archived from the original on 29 Jul 2018
Synonyms & antonyms
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Translations
Russian подсъёмка
- подсъёмка (podsʺjómka)supplemental or alternative footage
Swedish klippbilder
- klippbildersupplemental or alternative footage
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APA
B roll. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/B%20roll
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Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “B roll,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/B%20roll.
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