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nounfilmmaking (usually uncountable, plural filmmakings)
plural filmmakings · alternative film making
- uncountableusuallyThe activity of preparing edited video works, formerly principally films, whether for entertainment or other purposes.
Network Rail and some of the train operating companies also make films about the railway for internal or external showing. While many are brief, some continue to uphold the standards of professional filmmaking with which the railway has become synonymous, over a period of over a century.
2025 December 24, Tim Dunn, “Railways and film: the perfect match”, in RAIL, number 1051, page 55 - uncountableusuallyThe manufacture of physical film.
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Chinese Mandarin 電影製作 /电影制作
- 電影製作 /电影制作 (diànyǐng zhìzuò)the production of movies
Danish filmproduktion
- filmproduktionthe production of movies
Finnish elokuvan tekeminen
- elokuvan tekeminenthe production of movies
French réalisation (cinématographique), cinéma
- réalisation (cinématographique)the production of movies
- cinémathe production of movies
German Filmemachen
- Filmemachenthe production of movies
Hungarian filmgyártás
- filmgyártásthe production of movies
Japanese 映画制作
- 映画制作 (eiga seisaku)the production of movies
Polish produkcja filmowa
- produkcja filmowathe production of movies
Russian кинопроизво́дство, кино́
- кинопроизво́дство (kinoproizvódstvo)the production of movies
- кино́ (kinó)the production of movies
Thai การผลิตภาพยนตร์
- การผลิตภาพยนตร์the production of movies
Welsh gwneud ffilmiau
- gwneud ffilmiauthe production of movies
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filmmaking. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/filmmaking
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“filmmaking.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/filmmaking. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “filmmaking,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/filmmaking.
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