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🎬 To shoot again 🎥 To remake 📼 To copy film
to refilm

to refilm

6.1
Make a new copy of old video by recording it again in a different format
  • verb
  • /riːˈfɪlm/
  • Specialized
translation icon : regrabar
  • They decided to refilm the action scenes to improve the visual effects.

Examples

  • The director will refilm several scenes to enhance the storyline.

  • I was making Ashley refilm an intro on my new steadicam that I got that wasn't balanced.

  • After complaints about the first version, the producers chose to refilm the movie with a different actor.

Synonyms

to rerecord
vsto refilm
1 3.8

Make a new audio or video version of something made before

uses photographing film or projections specifically rather than broad new recordings
to rephotograph
vsto refilm
  • Specialized
6.8

Take a new picture of an existing picture to make a copy

focuses on photographing film or projected images rather than prints
to reimage
vsto refilm
  • Specialized
7.0

To take new pictures or scans to check for changes

is limited to photographing film or projected images rather than any visual source
to retape
vsto refilm
  • Specialized
4.9

Record sound or video again to fix a bad recording

uses photographing film or projections rather than recording again onto tape

How Accurate

to copy
328 1.0
to digitize
  • Specialized
24 3.9
to transfer
528 2.7
to refilm
  • Specialized
6.1

Surface Forms

refilm infinitive
refilmed past
refilmed past participle
refilming present participle
refilms third person singular

Morphology

refilm = film (semi-transparent) = re + film

The derivation literally means 'film again', but this sense refers to a specialized technical process of rephotographing existing film or images.

Etymology

Refilm comes from re- 'again' and film 'movie or recorded image'. A helpful way to remember it is to think of 'filming again' to make a new copy or to move old footage into a new format.