<s>
In	O
the	O
motion	O
picture	O
industry	O
,	O
a	O
China	B-General_Concept
girl	I-General_Concept
is	O
a	O
type	O
of	O
test	O
film	O
,	O
an	O
image	O
of	O
a	O
woman	O
accompanied	O
by	O
color	O
bars	O
that	O
appears	O
for	O
a	O
few	O
frames	O
(	O
typically	O
one	O
to	O
four	O
)	O
in	O
the	O
reel	O
leader	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
"	O
China	B-General_Concept
Girl	I-General_Concept
"	O
was	O
used	O
by	O
the	O
lab	O
technician	O
for	O
calibration	O
purposes	O
when	O
processing	O
the	O
film	O
(	O
with	O
the	O
still	O
photography	O
equivalent	O
being	O
a	O
"	O
Shirley	O
Card	O
"	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Originally	O
the	O
"	O
China	B-General_Concept
Girl	I-General_Concept
"	O
frames	O
were	O
created	O
in-house	O
by	O
laboratories	O
to	O
varying	O
standards	O
,	O
but	O
in	O
the	O
mid-1970s	O
engineers	O
from	O
the	O
Eastman	O
Kodak	O
Company	O
developed	O
the	O
Laboratory	O
Aim	O
Density	O
system	O
as	O
a	O
means	O
of	O
simplifying	O
the	O
production	O
of	O
motion	O
picture	O
prints	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Under	O
the	O
LAD	O
system	O
,	O
Kodak	O
created	O
many	O
duplicate	O
negatives	O
of	O
a	O
single	O
China	B-General_Concept
Girl	I-General_Concept
and	O
provided	O
them	O
to	O
laboratories	O
to	O
include	O
in	O
their	O
standard	O
leaders	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
LAD	O
frames	O
were	O
exposed	O
to	O
specific	O
guidelines	O
and	O
allowed	O
a	O
laboratory	O
technician	O
to	O
quickly	O
make	O
a	O
subjective	O
evaluation	O
of	O
a	O
print	O
's	O
exposure	O
and	O
colour	O
tone	O
by	O
looking	O
at	O
the	O
China	B-General_Concept
Girl	I-General_Concept
herself	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
"	O
China	B-General_Concept
girl	I-General_Concept
"	O
has	O
occasionally	O
appeared	O
as	O
a	O
visual	O
trope	O
in	O
experimental	O
films	O
over	O
the	O
years	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
experimental	O
films	O
which	O
use	O
"	O
China	B-General_Concept
girls	I-General_Concept
"	O
include	O
Film	O
in	O
Which	O
There	O
Appear	O
Edge	O
Lettering	O
,	O
Sprocket	O
Holes	O
,	O
Dirt	O
Particles	O
,	O
Etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
(	O
1965	O
–	O
66	O
)	O
by	O
Owen	O
Land	O
,	O
New	O
Improved	O
Institutional	O
Quality	O
:	O
In	O
the	O
Environment	O
of	O
Liquids	O
and	O
Nasals	O
a	O
Parasitic	O
Vowel	O
Sometimes	O
Develops	O
(	O
1976	O
)	O
by	O
Owen	O
Land	O
,	O
Girls	O
on	O
Film	O
(	O
2005	O
)	O
by	O
Julie	O
Buck	O
and	O
Karin	O
Segal	O
,	O
MM	O
(	O
1996	O
)	O
by	O
Timoleon	O
Wilkins	O
,	O
Standard	O
Gauge	O
(	O
1984	O
)	O
by	O
Morgan	O
Fisher	O
,	O
To	O
the	O
Happy	O
Few	O
by	O
Thomas	O
Draschan	O
and	O
Stella	O
Friedrichs	O
,	O
China	B-General_Concept
Girls	I-General_Concept
(	O
2006	O
)	O
by	O
Michelle	O
Silva	O
,	O
and	O
Releasing	O
Human	O
Energies	O
(	O
2012	O
)	O
by	O
Mark	O
Toscano	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
China	B-General_Concept
girl	I-General_Concept
"	O
images	O
appear	O
during	O
the	O
closing	O
credits	O
of	O
Quentin	O
Tarantino	O
's	O
Death	O
Proof	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
narrator	O
and	O
main	O
character	O
in	O
the	O
2013	O
novel	O
The	O
Flamethrowers	O
by	O
Rachel	O
Kushner	O
shares	O
her	O
experience	O
as	O
a	O
China	B-General_Concept
Girl	I-General_Concept
model	O
for	O
a	O
film	O
lab	O
in	O
New	O
York	O
City	O
.	O
</s>
