wetdown

plural wetdowns

1. broadcastingThe application of water to objects and surfaces on a film set, for example when shooting a rainy scene during dry weather.

   Water trucks needed for wetdowns are used often. Camera cranes and scissor lifts used to lift a camera and one or more operators high above the ground are also frequently requested.

   1990, Michael Horwin, Careers in Film and Video Production, page 70

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   That confidence will buy you a lot of good will when you ask them all for finishing funds because you blew your production budget on a Luma crane and a wetdown for Hollywood Boulevard.

   2016, Dan Mirvish, The Cheerful Subversive's Guide to Independent Filmmaking, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN, page 38

2. firefightingA traditional ceremony of spraying water over a new fire truck before it is placed into service.