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filmable

American

[fil-muh-buhl] / ˈfɪl mə bəl /

adjective

noting or pertaining to a story or to a literary work readily adaptable to motion picture form.

Etymology

Origin of filmable

First recorded in 1915–20; film + -able

Vocabulary lists containing filmable

Florida's B.E.S.T. Common Suffixes: -able, -ible

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Example Sentences

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Georgia is home to a major international airport and a variety of filmable landscapes—mountains, beaches, a big city, countryside—but what really made it a top filming location are the tax credits.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 31, 2018

"The experiment's transcripts are quoted at length, and I instantly saw how filmable it was, as well as how intricate, how clever, how deeply researched the experiments were," he says.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 27, 2015

Most novels frame their key moments as a series of filmable moments straight out of Hitchcock.

From Salon • Feb. 9, 2013

Ms. Platt’s incisive eye for the filmable printed page extended beyond fiction.

From New York Times • Jul. 29, 2011

Swords may also be worn at weddings, at funerals, also at christenings I believe; anyway, on all filmable occasions.

From From a Terrace in Prague by Baker, Lieut.-Col. B. Granville

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