cinematography

English

Etymology

From cinematograph +‎ -y. Compare French cinématographie. Possibly analysable as cinemato- +‎ -graphy.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsɪn.ə.məˌtɒɡ.ɹə.fiː/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɒɡɹəfi

Noun

cinematography (countable and uncountable, plural cinematographies)

1. The art, process, or job of filming movies.
2. Motion picture photography.

Usage notes

• Traditionally the term "cinematography" referred to working with motion picture film emulsion, but it is now largely synonymous with videography due to the use of digital technology in both fields.

Synonyms

• See filmmaking § Synonyms

Derived terms

• chronocinematography
• cinematographer
• microcinematography

Related terms

• cinema
• cinematic
• cinematology

Translations

the discipline of making and reproducing motion pictures

• Arabic: تَصْوِير سِينَمَائِيّ m (taṣwīr sīnamāʔiyy)
• Armenian: կինեմատոգրաֆիա (hy) (kinematografia)
• Belarusian: кінемато́граф m (kinjematóhraf), кінэмато́граф m (kinematóhraf), кінематагра́фія (be) f (kinjematahráfija), кінамаста́цтва n (kinamastáctva)
• Bulgarian: кинематогра́фия f (kinematográfija)
• Burmese: ရုပ်ရှင်ပညာရပ် (ruphrangpa.nyarap)
• Catalan: cine (ca) m, cinematografia (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 電影攝影 / 电影摄影 (diànyǐng shèyǐng)

• Esperanto: kinarto
• Estonian: filmikunst
• Finnish: elokuvaus, elokuvataide (fi)
• French: cinématographie (fr) f
• Galician: cinematografía (gl) f
• Georgian: კინემატოგრაფია (ḳinemaṭograpia)
• German: Lichtbildkunst f, Kinematographie f
• Hindi: फ़िल्मांकन m (filmāṅkan)
• Hungarian: filmművészet (hu), filmkészítés (hu), cinematográfia
• Irish: cineamatagrafaíocht f
• Italian: cinematografia (it) f, filmologia (it) f
• Japanese: 撮影 (ja) (さつえい, satsuei)
• Kannada: ಛಾಯಾಗ್ರಹಣ (chāyāgrahaṇa)
• Khmer: សិល្បៈថតកុន (səlləpaʼ thɑɑt kon)
• Korean: 촬영(撮影) (ko) (chwaryeong), 시네마토그래피 (sinematogeuraepi)
• Malay: sinematografi (ms)
• Norman: cinnématographie f
• Persian: فیلم‌برداری (fa) (film-bardâri)
• Polish: kinematografia (pl) f
• Portuguese: cinematografia f
• Romanian: cinematografie (ro) f
• Russian: кинемато́граф (ru) m (kinematógraf), кинематогра́фия (ru) f (kinematográfija), киноиску́сство (ru) n (kinoiskússtvo)
• Spanish: cinematografía (es) f
• Tajik: филмбардорӣ (filmbardori)
• Thai: การถ่ายภาพยนตร์ (gaan tàai pâap-pá-yon)
• Turkish: sinematografi (tr)
• Ukrainian: кінемато́граф (uk) m (kinematóhraf), кінематогра́фія (uk) f (kinematohráfija)

See also

• DP (director of photography)
• photography
• videography