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.

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Etymology

Origin of filmable

First recorded in 1915–20; film + -able

Example Sentences

Ballard’s “High-Rise,” a supposedly “unfilmable” book that appears to have posed less of a challenge than du Maurier’s extremely filmable one.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 15, 2020

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

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