filmmaking en · NOUN
Etymology
From film + making.
Meanings
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(uncountable, usually) The activity of preparing edited video works, formerly principally films, whether for entertainment or other purposes.
Network Rail and some of the train operating companies also make films about the railway for internal or external showing. While many are brief, some continue to uphold the standards of professional filmmaking with which the railway has become synonymous, over a period of over a century.
2025 December 24, Tim Dunn, “Railways and film: the perfect match”, in RAIL, number 1051, page 55:
- (uncountable, usually) The manufacture of physical film.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| film making | alternative | lexicographic | |
| filmmakings | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Relateds
Synonyms
the seventh art · film-craft · cinematography · moviemaking
Translations (17)
fi elokuvan tekeminen (the production of movies) · de Filmemachen (the production of movies) · kmr çêkirina filman (the production of movies) · da filmproduktion (the production of movies) · pl produkcja filmowa (the production of movies) · ru кино́ (the production of movies) · kmr derhênana filman (the production of movies) · hu filmgyártás (the production of movies) · ru кинопроизво́дство (the production of movies) · cmn 電影製作 /电影制作 (the production of movies) · mk кинопрои́зводство (the production of movies) · fr réalisation (cinématographique) (the production of movies) · th การผลิตภาพยนตร์ (the production of movies) · ka კინოწარმოება (the production of movies) · ja 映画制作 (the production of movies) · cy gwneud ffilmiau (the production of movies) · fr cinéma (the production of movies)