Editing B-roll (section)

{{Short description|Concept in filmmaking}}
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[[File:B-roll of Wikimedia Foundation servers at CyrusOne in Carrollton, Texas - photographed in 2015.webm|thumb|right|200px|B-roll of Wikimedia Foundation servers at [[CyrusOne]] in Carrollton, Texas]]
{{wiktionary|B roll}}

In film and television production, '''B-roll''', '''B roll''', '''B-reel''' or '''B reel''' is supplemental or alternative [[footage]] intercut with the main shot.<ref name="Bowen and Thompson 2011">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Rl7IyLPt5ucC&pg=PA240 |page=240 |last=Bowen |first=Christopher J. |last2=Thompson |first2=Roy |title=Grammar of the Shot |publisher=[[Taylor & Francis]] |date=2011 |isbn=9780240526010}}</ref> The term ''A-roll'', referring to main footage, has fallen out of use to some degree.<ref name="Compesi and Gomez 2014"/>