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coproduction

coproduction

1 3.7
A project made by two or more groups working together
  • noun
  • /ˌkoʊprəˈdʌkʃən/
translation icon : coproducción
  • Producers who are competing for continued contracts will be more likely to search out innovative technologies, to operate at close to optimal scale of production, and to encourage effective team production as well as coproduction, so as to enhance their own performance.
  • a binational coproduction

Examples

  • The key to doing that is a breakthrough with 9/11, a Mossad/CIA coproduction.

    Blog text (9)
  • Ironically, the coproduction funding, originally developed in Europe to resist Americanization of national film industries, went instead to American films considered to have wider international appeal.

    Academic text (2010)
  • Coproduction and Capital- or Labor-Intensive Production Functions

    Academic text (2016)
  • It was not simply a case of the press "creating" the revival; it was one of coproduction.

    Academic text (2004)
  • Although a binational coproduction does not guarantee popularity among viewers a priori, it can certainly target a wider demographic than national media productions.

    Academic text (2017)
  • He spent much of his career at National Public Radio, where he reported on science, medicine, technology, and the environment for All Things Considered. He is currently the global development editor for The World, a coproduction of the BBC World Service, PRI, and WGBH Boston.

    Academic text (2007)
  • Seeking to understand the film's extraordinary appeal, which has continued for more than forty years, I argue that the popularity of this Czech-GDR coproduction is reinforced by the intermedial relations between the film and television.

    Academic text (2017)
  • Shot over twenty-one days with a negative cost of approximately $220,000, The Enchanted Forest was a coproduction of independent producer Jack Schwarz and PRC Productions and was released in the holiday season of December 1945.

    Academic text (2017)
  • The fleet now includes Su-30 advanced fighter bombers acquired from Russia, a version of the Su-27 it is developing under a coproduction deal with Moscow, and its premier fighter, the Chinese-produced fourth-generation F-10 aircraft.

    Academic text (2007)
  • The film was a successful coproduction between two major studios, combining their resources and creativity.

Synonyms

collaboration
vscoproduction
150 4.0

Working together with others to reach a shared goal

is specifically about making something together rather than just working toward a goal
co-production
vscoproduction
  • Specialized
3.6

A film or TV series made together by companies in different countries

is the general act of making something together across people or organizations

How Collaborative

coproduction
1 3.7
joint venture
29 4.4
collaboration
150 4.0

Surface Forms

coproduction singular
coproductions plural

Morphology

coproduction = production (transparent) = co + produce + ion

The formation 'co-' + 'production' directly yields 'producing together', which is readily understandable to learners.

Etymology

Coproduction combines co- ('together') and production ('making' or 'creating'). Think of co-worker or cooperate: a coproduction is something two or more people or companies 'make' together.