cinematography

/ˌsɪnəməˈtɒɡrəfi/ (bre, ipa) · [sˌɪnɪmətˈɑɡrəfi] /ˌsɪnəməˈtɑːɡrəfi/ (ame, ipa) · [sˌɪnɪmətˈɑɡrəfi] /ˌsi-nə-mə-ˈtä-grə-fē How to pronounce cinematography (audio)/ (ame, mw)

cinematography — noun

1. the work of planning and shooting how a film or television story looks on screen

1.名詞C2
釋義

the work of planning and shooting how a film or television story looks on screen, especially through camera angles, movement, and lighting

例句

Eve studied cinematography before joining a documentary crew in Seoul.

pattern: study cinematography

The director praised Ignacio's cinematography for the quiet beach scenes.

collocation: praised the cinematography

同義詞
  • camerawork

    a common, slightly looser word for how the camera is used in a film

  • filmmaking

    much broader, covering the whole process of making a film rather than only the visual shooting

  • film photography

    a more literal label that stresses the image-recording side of the work

文法句型

study cinematography

award for cinematography

cinematography by [name]

用法筆記

Usually treated as an uncountable noun in film-school and film-review contexts. It refers to the visual shooting of a work, not the whole process of making it.

常見錯誤

❌She studied photography because she wanted to shoot dramatic camera moves for movies.
✅She studied cinematography because she wanted to shoot dramatic camera moves for movies.
💡'photography' usually means still pictures, while 'cinematography' is the visual shooting of moving images.