filmmaking

[film-mayk-ing]

noun

1. the activity or practice of making motion pictures, especially the direction, production, and editing of films.

Example Sentences

The prize was a trip to the Venice film festival, where she was approached by directors and producers to become involved in filmmaking.

From BBC

In fact, it wasn’t until Cocker went off to college to study filmmaking at Central Saint Martins — taking a sabbatical from Pulp and then returning in 1991 — that the band was asked to play a concert in ’92 and gained some traction.

From Los Angeles Times

In his 1999 book, “Cinema of Outsiders,” author Emanuel Levy quotes a 1997 interview with Redford in The New York Times, saying, “The narrowing of the main part of the industry opens up the other part, which is diversity, which is what independent filmmaking is all about.”

From Salon

Formally untrained in the craft, Roy said it was a conscious decision to not follow the traditional rules of filmmaking with "long, mid and close shots" and instead capture the rhythms of her characters' daily routine more authentically with continuous takes.

From BBC

Film Festival, for its 1985 edition and eventually rename it the Sundance Film Festival, a showcase that would go on to introduce directors such as Quentin Tarantino, Paul Thomas Anderson, Nia DaCosta, Taika Waititi, Gregg Araki, Damien Chazelle and countless others while refashioning independent filmmaking into a viable career path.

From Los Angeles Times