barn doors

Wide swinging panels

Barn doors are the large hinged doors on a barn, typically swinging outward and often depicted as rustic red panels.

The phrase appears in couldn't hit the broad side of a barn door, mocking poor aim.

In film and photography, barn doors are adjustable flaps on a light fixture that shape and direct the beam.

Something left wide open may be compared to barn doors: Your fly's open like barn doors.

lighting

flag

Cloth symbol or signal

tungsten · grip · gaffer · gel · spill · cutoff · spot · flood · key light · fill light

agricultural

hayloft

Barn's upper storage level

hinges · wooden · sliding · Dutch door · double door · granary · threshold · latch · hasp · rustic

theater

scenery

Visible natural surroundings

set piece · blackout · sightlines · proscenium · upstage · downstage · wings · backdrop · curtains · cyclorama

Categories
Opposites
door type/building access

barn doorspet door

Wall-mounted animal portal

cat flap · doggy door · mail slot · porthole · peephole

light control equipment (photography/film)

barn doorssoftbox

Studio light diffusion enclosure

umbrella · scrim

target size (idiomatic)

barn doorspinpoint

Locate with exactness

pinhead · bullseye · sliver · hair's breadth

Family

barn, doorway, doors, barns, doormat, barnyard, doorstep, doorbell, doorknob

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G