Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The rigging belonging to the foremast, bowsprit, and jib-booms.
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Examples
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Not only does it feel right, but it feels genuine as, much like Cameron's success in Avatar's presentation of performance capture, the head-rigging captures every bit of an actor's performance, especially on the face, which avoids the glass-eyed, moving doll look that Robert Zemeckis can't seem to avoid.
Spielberg Explains the Importance of Motion Capture for Tintin « FirstShowing.net 2010
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Now a tender smashed on the outjutting davits, next a wreck of spidery head-rigging, a jib-boom splintered and a foretopmast dragged down.
Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 Holman Day 1900
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Not only does it feel right, but it feels genuine as, much like Cameron's success in Avatar's presentation of performance capture, the head-rigging captures every bit of an actor's performance, especially on the face, which avoids the glass-eyed, moving doll look that Robert Zemeckis can't seem to avoid.
FirstShowing.net Ethan Anderton 2010
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