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A blimp muffles the sound of the camera

Soundproof housings let noisy film cameras run during dialogue scenes Film cameras are mechanically noisy, and a microphone close to the action will pick up the motor and gears. A blimp is a padded housing that surrounds the camera and absorbs that sound, with a glass port for the lens. Silent-running cameras and digital sensors later reduced the need for one. It sits in Mondo's movies & tv collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: Soundproof housings let noisy film cameras run during dialogue scenes. The figure is taken from BFI, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a movies & tv fact?: Yes. It sits on the Movies & TV shelf, one of 2,600 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.