Define B-roll Meaning

(TELEVISION JOURNALISM) stock video clip that adds meaning to a sequence or disguises the elimination of unwanted content. This technique of using the cutaway is common to hide zooms in documentary films: the visuals may cut away to B roll footage of what the person is talking about while the A camera zooms in, then cut back after the zoom is complete. The cutaway to B roll footage can also be used to hide "uh"s, sniffs, coughs, and so forth.

This can also be used to change the meaning of the speaker to fit the view of the producer.

In fiction film, the technique can be used to indicate simultaneous action or flashbacks, usually increasing tension or revealing information.

A slang for illicit drugs that have been prepared for the user before the transaction.

1. The generic, vaguely Japanese sushi roll in your grocer's fresh foods section.

2. Any nondescript sushi roll.

Stock video footage of any sort of broad topics.

adjective \Bi-rōl\

The people you hook up with in-between the people you actually like.

"ultimatium" word and it can mean anything

The good things in life

Fat people. That's it. It can be anything generic, but really it's just fat people. Especially lot's of fat people.

The action of orgasming to Ryan Ross/ creating a band in a web of lies and butt sex

A small movement that began on a message board. Similar to Rick Rolling when a person says they have a creditable link and posts a video. This video happens to be of Fall Out Boy's rendition of Beat It.