recam en · NOUN
Etymology
From re- + cam.
Meanings
- A recreated gameplay recording of this kind.
Forms
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| recams | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
recam en · VERB
Etymology
From re- + cam.
Meanings
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(transitive) To recreate (a recording of gameplay in a three-dimensional playfield) with different camera positioning and movement from the original camera that followed the player's viewpoint.
Having “wondered if maybe we could alter the camera position in our demos to make them more movie-like to watch”, Bailey used Remaic to create a new recammed version of the speedrun.
2007, Andy Clarke, Grethe Mitchell, Videogames and Art, page 71:Replays captured as demo movies have been circulated as skills demonstrations, as recordings of significant competitive events (i.e., Thresh's defeat of Billox at Quakedelica in 1998, circulated as a recammed highlight reel) […]
2011, Henry Lowood, Michael Nitsche, The Machinima Reader, page 7:For Marino (2004), the development of recamming tools and the subsequent dissociation of camera and POV in postproduction, marks the 'defining moment' for Machinima.
2008, James Newman, Playing with Videogames, page 146:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| recams | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| recamming | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| recammed | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| recammed | Tense=Past | lexicographic |