previsualization

plural previsualizations

1. countableuncountablebroadcastingAny technique that attempts to visualize a scene before the filming begins.

   What became Imageworks began at Sony Pictures in 1992 with five people using computers to help plan complicated live-action scenes — a practice that has since become known as previsualization.

   2007 October 31, David M. Halbfinger, “Sony Said to Be Pondering Partial Sale of Movie Units”, in New York Times

   Synonyms: previs, previz