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What does MOS mean?

Tagged: screenplay, screenwriting, script, scriptwriting, terms

MOS means “without sound.” For example, “Vic watches through the binoculars as the couple argues MOS.”

Supposedly, the term traces back to German director Eric von Stroheim, who would pronounce “with” like “mit,” and would direct scenes to be shot “mit out sound.”

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