filmmaking

See also: film making

English

Alternative forms

• film making

Etymology

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)
• 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