Moviola

American  

[moo-vee-oh-luh] / ˌmu viˈoʊ lə /

Movies, Trademark.

1. a brand of projection device for a motion-picture film allowing one person to see the film through a viewer and control its motion and speed, used in film editing, preparing titles, etc.

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Moviola British  

/ ˌmuːvɪˈəʊlə /

noun

1. a viewing machine used in cutting and editing film

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Example Sentences

He liked to go in early and have coffee with the other editors - the rooms were always dimly lit and I remember the faint smell of the oil from his moviola infused with the scent of freshly brewed coffee.

From Los Angeles Times

“Every time I saw her,” he said in an interview, “she was sitting down at a Moviola” — the industry-standard film-editing machine in the era when the job required physically cutting and splicing film.

From New York Times

Great masterpieces were made in the silent era when they didn’t even have a moviola.

From Los Angeles Times

“There’s a sense of super-abundance, but there are lots of important films that are not available, including silent films that are impossible to see unless you go to a film archive and watch them on a flatbed moviola.”

From Los Angeles Times

Some shots are reiterated in the ultra-grainy form in which they might have been viewed as rushes, or through a Moviola.

From New York Times