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Turnaround

Also called turn around, turning around

Turnaround is the rest period between being released from work one day and being called the next.

On set, turning around means moving the camera and lights to shoot the scene from the opposite direction. In casting, it is the time an actor is given to return a self-tape.

Last updated 4 Oct 2026

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