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filmable

American  
[fil-muh-buhl] / ˈfɪl mə bəl /

adjective

  1. 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

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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

“It’s a very filmable age where one passes from one state to another and the cinema represents that better than anything,” he said.

From New York Times Jul. 6, 2012

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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