filmmaking

See also: film making

English

Alternative forms

• film making

Etymology

From film +‎ making.

Noun

filmmaking (usually uncountable, plural filmmakings)

1. The activity of preparing edited video works, formerly principally films, whether for entertainment or other purposes.
2. The manufacture of physical film.

Synonyms

• cinematography, film-craft (uncommon), moviemaking, the seventh art

Related terms

• filmmaker

Translations

the production of movies

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 電影製作／电影制作 (zh) (diànyǐng zhìzuò)

• Danish: filmproduktion c
• Finnish: elokuvan tekeminen
• French: réalisation (fr) f (cinématographique), cinéma (fr) m
• German: Filmemachen n
• Hungarian: filmgyártás (hu)
• Japanese: 映画制作 (えいがせいさく, eiga seisaku)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: derhênana filman f, çêkirina filman

• Macedonian: кинопрои́зводство n (kinoproízvodstvo)
• Polish: produkcja filmowa f
• Russian: кинопроизво́дство (ru) n (kinoproizvódstvo), кино́ (ru) n (kinó) (cinema)
• Thai: การผลิตภาพยนตร์
• Welsh: gwneud ffilmiau m