cinematography

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French cinématographie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪn.ə.məˌtɒɡ.ɹə.fiː/

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

• film-craft
• filmmaking

Derived terms

• cinematographer

Related terms

• cinema
• cinematic
• cinematology

Translations

the discipline of making and reproducing motion pictures

• Esperanto: kinarto
• French: cinématographie (fr) f
• Galician: cinematografía (gl) f
• German: Lichtbildkunst f
• Irish: cineamatagrafaíocht f
• Italian: cinematografia (it) f, filmologia (it) f
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• Khmer: សិល្បៈថតកុន (sil la pak thort kon)
• Malay: sinematografi
• Norman: cinnématographie f
• Romanian: cinematografie (ro) f
• Russian: кинемато́граф (ru) m (kinematógraf), кинематогра́фия (ru) f (kinematográfija), киноиску́сство (ru) n (kinoiskússtvo)
• Spanish: cinematografía (es) f

See also

• DP (director of photography)
• photography
• videography