picturization

plural picturizations

1. countabledateduncountableThe representation of something as a picture, or the adaptation of something into a picture, especially a motion picture.First known use 20th c.

   [As capitalized onscreen:] SELZNICK INTERNATIONAL / presents its picturization of / DAPHNE DU MAURIER'S / celebrated novel / REBECCA

   1940, Selznick International Pictures, opening creditshttps://www.silversirens.co.uk/pictures/rebecca-1940-opening-credits-2.jpg to Hitchock's film Rebecca (as shown in the original 1940 version; unseen since the 1950s rerelease until the 2001 remaster in theaters and on Criterion DVD)

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   In the picturization of The Clansman Mr. Griffith has set such a pace it will take a long time before one will come along that can top it in point of production, acting, photography and direction.

   1915, Variety, Review, archived from the original on 05 Oct 2011

   In Dr. Monica, a picturization of a Polish play which reached the Strand screen last night, the handsome Kay Francis is cast as a renowned obstetrician.

   1934, Mordaunt Hall, The New York Times, Movie review

   A meager talent for sketching and crayon work led me to attempt crude picturizations involving the outlandish denizens of my nighted thoughts.

   1935, Robert Bloch, The Shambler from the Stars

2. IndiacountableuncountableThe setting or coordination of soundtrack music of a motion picture to events or choreography onscreen

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   Toward the end of the film Nazu rushes into her bedroom, clamps on headphones and listens to the technopoppy "I Wanna Be Free." The picturization shows her moving convulsively, desperately to the funky beat, turning ever more agitated, until we wonder what she wants to be free from: free from her domestic vise, or free from life?

   2005, Richard Corliss, Time, Profile of A.R. Rahman