sequence
- noun
- /ˈsiːkwəns/
- Specialized
- We shot this title sequence in the winter.
- an opening sequence
- a film sequence
- an action sequence
And we shot that basketball sequence first up in the morning.
- And we shot that basketball sequence first up in the morning.
- Maybe the movie's over, but it leads to the next sequence and to the next one.
- I spent five days being hung by wires and filming these sequences of flying through my dreams.
- Eric Alba asks what do you think was the single best VFX shot or sequence in a film, TV or a spot this year?
- Jenna let me try in her hat that she wore in in the opening sequence.
- It happens after the sequence in which Bill Murray.
- Very decidedly Azran, Prince of demons in the Flat Earth sequence, goes that way.
Examples
-
So I'm going to look at take you through a sequence of images.
-
So that's what became the title sequence where you have all these shots of sky and ground.
-
We're in the credit sequence right now, I guess.
-
And this is a sequence, sort of a dance sequence.
-
My daughter was part of the dream sequence of the play, a play written by the class.
Fiction book (1993) -
This is going to be a great opening sequence.
-
It's a terrific sequence, I'm very happy...
-
As Celie tells her story in a sequence of letters to God, we see her become strong.
Fiction book (1999) -
We had about five different stagecoaches built for this sequence.
-
We first meet John Clare in the opening sequence of The Commons' second section.
Synonyms
A number of similar things or events happening one after another
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
A list of numbers where each number is the sum of the two before it
How Long
Surface Forms
Etymology
Sequence comes from the old Latin word sequi, meaning 'to follow', and in film it means a series of shots that follow each other to tell one idea, much like a chapter in a book or a movie sequel. So a film sequence is a part made of related shots in the right order.