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camerawork

Syllables: ca·me·ra·work/ˈkæmɹəwɜːk/US/ˈkæmɹəˌwɝk/

camerawork noun: skill or technique involving the use of a camera, especially a video camera.

Noun

camerawork (countable and uncountable, plural cameraworks)

  1. Skill or technique involving the use of a camera, especially a video camera.
    • Its fusion of mundane domestic tragedy, dark-night-of-the-soul emoting and hypermuscular camerawork suggests Robert Altman’s “Short Cuts” on jet-propelled roller skates.2008 January 4, Matt Zoller Seitz, “One Filmmaker’s Vivid Tales of Fathers and Other Strangers”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 26 Nov 2022
    • Thanks to the camerawork, costuming, and production design, every shot is a carefully composed portrait, every inch of the frame occupied by an object, fabric, or shadow that informs the characters or narrative.2018 November 27, April Wolfe, “Anna And The Apocalypse is a Holiday-horror Cocktail of Singing, Maiming, and Clichés”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the original on 04 Nov 2019

Forms of camerawork

pluralcameraworks

Origin of camerawork

From camera + -work (suffix denoting a craft involving a particular material or tool).

Questions about camerawork

What does camerawork mean?
Camerawork means skill or technique involving the use of a camera, especially a video camera.
What part of speech is camerawork?
Camerawork is a noun.
How do you pronounce camerawork?
Camerawork is pronounced /ˈkæmɹəwɜːk/ (UK).
What is the plural of camerawork?
The plural of camerawork is cameraworks.

Words near camerawork in the dictionary

  1. cameratic
  2. camerating
  3. cameration
  4. camerawoman
  5. camerawomen
  6. camerawork
  7. cameraworker
  8. cameraworkers
  9. cameraworks
  10. Camerina
  11. camerist

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