cinematography

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cinematography — 名詞

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

1.名詞C2
釋義

電影攝影

電影畫面拍攝藝術

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.

Eve 在加入首爾的一個紀錄片團隊前，先學了電影攝影。

pattern: study cinematography

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

導演稱讚 Ignacio 的電影攝影，把安靜的海灘場景拍得很美。

collocation: praised the cinematography

常見搭配
  • beautiful cinematography
  • award-winning cinematography
  • study cinematography
  • cinematography by [name]
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.

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常見搭配

名詞搭配

常用片語

  • study cinematography
  • award for cinematography
  • cinematography by [name]