plural gobos also goboes
1
: a dark strip (as of wallboard) to shield a motion-picture or television camera from light
2
: a device to shield a microphone from sound
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Stéphane expertly managed to create this sense of restriction by only allowing slithers of natural light through the closed shutters on the windows, creating a cage-like gobo.
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Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 17 Feb. 2025
At the least, an engineer would separate them with gobos—jargon for movable acoustic panels that go between.
—Cameron Carr, Longreads, 18 June 2024
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Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 17 Feb. 2025
At the least, an engineer would separate them with gobos—jargon for movable acoustic panels that go between.
—Cameron Carr, Longreads, 18 June 2024
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“Gobo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gobo. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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