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second unit
noun
A separate team that shoots footage that is of secondary importance for the final cut of the motion picture, as opposed to first unit.
Exact(53)
The second unit is under construction.
But when Westbrook sits, Anthony can lead the second unit.
A second unit is picking up extra skirmish footage.
Police chiefs created the second unit – the NPOIU – in 1999.
A second unit would cost $3 million, officials said.
Oregon State's lone score came against the second unit.
Similar(7)
Produced and second unit-directed V For Vendetta (2006, directed by James).
The metre-kilogram-second unit of conductivity is mho per metre, or ampere per volt-metre.
Gary Hymes, the second-unit director, had choreographed the entire stunt sequence.
Second-unit camera Frederick Moore.
Second-unit directors Gregg Champion, Richard Ziker.
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