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filmmaking

film·mak·er
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [film-mey-ker]
    • /ˈfɪlmˌmeɪ kər/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [film-mey-ker]
    • /ˈfɪlmˌmeɪ kər/

Definitions of filmmaking word

  • noun filmmaking Also called moviemaker. a producer or director of motion pictures, especially one working in all phases of production: the leading young filmmakers of France. 1
  • noun filmmaking a person who makes film, especially for use in photography. 1
  • noun filmmaking The activity of preparing edited video works, formerly principally films, whether for entertainment or other purposes. 1

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Origin of filmmaking

First appearance:

before 1905
One of the 15% newest English words
First recorded in 1905-10; film + maker

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Filmmaking

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

filmmaking popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 74% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

filmmaking usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for filmmaking

adjective filmmaking

  • cinematic — Cinematic means relating to films made for the cinema.
  • filmic — of, relating to, or characteristic of motion pictures: a filmic adaptation of a novel.

noun filmmaking

  • photojournalism — journalism in which photography dominates written copy, as in certain magazines.
  • photography — the process or art of producing images of objects on sensitized surfaces by the chemical action of light or of other forms of radiant energy, as x-rays, gamma rays, or cosmic rays.

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