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Sets, stages & construction · Working

Translight

ELI5

A large illuminated photographic backing used to represent an exterior or distant view.

Used in conversation

“Let’s include the translight in the next design review.”

Pitch context

You may encounter “Translight” in production design, locations, costume & hmu conversations or materials.

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Sources & evidence · 3

Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.