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filming

filming

59 2.1
Recording a movie or video with a camera
  • noun
  • /ˈfɪlmɪŋ/
translation icon : rodaje
  • Tomorrow, we will start filming the new documentary in the forest.
  • a filming location
  • filming of movies
  • present during the filming

Do you know what worst filming experience was?

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Examples

  • So tomorrow I have a full day of filming for the documentary.

  • How much freedom did you have when filming for Discovery?

  • So this will be my filming room for a while now.

  • Standing in a space filming costs money.

  • We're set and and we're back to filming and it feels so good.

  • During filming of this movie, statistics continue to rise.

  • Filming is what he loves.

  • All the images correspond to the filming of real experiments.

  • No other filming or photography is authorized.

  • All right, We just finished filming the end of yesterday's vlog.

Synonyms

recording
vsfilming
150 2.1

Capturing sound or pictures so they can be played later

is limited to camera-based capture for movies or moving image work
taping
vsfilming
  • Archaic
30 3.2

A recording of sound or video made on tape

is the camera process that can use many storage formats not only tape
cinematography
vsfilming
  • Specialized
15 6.8

The art of making movies by recording images with a camera

is mainly about operating a camera to capture movie images
video recording
vsfilming
6 2.2

A film of moving images with sound that you can watch later

is the act of using a camera to make that audiovisual item
videography
vsfilming
  • Specialized
1 4.4

Making videos with a camera as an art or a job

is the basic camera process for movies or simple moving image work
motion-picture photography
vsfilming
  • Specialized
5.0

Taking moving pictures with a camera to make films

focuses on camera use for movies rather than general moving images
recordation
vsfilming
  • Jargon
7.5

A sound or video copy made of an event

focuses specifically on using a camera to capture moving images

Antonyms

6.9

Not made into a movie or video

How Professional

studio
791 3.2
filming
59 2.1
home movie
34 2.8

Surface Forms

filming singular
filmings plural

Morphology

filming = film (transparent) = film + ing

The noun is transparently formed from the verb 'film' with the standard English -ing suffix for an action or process.

Etymology

Filming comes from film, a word that first meant a 'thin skin' or layer, like the thin plastic you use to cover food. That thin material was used to carry a row of pictures, so filming is the process of recording those pictures with a camera, which is why filming means making a movie or video.