live action

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laɪv ˈækʃən/

• Audio (Southern England)

  (file)

Noun

live action (uncountable)

1. (often used attributively) Filmed video, as opposed to video produced by animation or by computer graphics.
2. (often used attributively, by extension, proscribed) Photorealistic CGI; computer animation closely imitating real life.

   live action version of The Lion King

   live action version of Sonic the Hedgehog

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of "property of video"): animation, computer graphics

Related terms

• live actor
• live actress
• stop-action

Translations

video that has been produced by filming

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 真人作品 (zhēnrén zuòpǐn)

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: näytelty
• French: prise de vues réelles f
• Indonesian: film aksi hidup
• Irish: beoghníomhaíocht f
• Japanese: 実写 (ja) (jissha)
• Malay: lakonan langsung, aksi langsung, aksi nyata
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: acción real f

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English live action.

Noun

live action m (plural live actions)

1. a live action adaptation of a previously animated work