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film-craft

film-craft noun: the art or craft of making movies; cinematography.

Noun

film-craft (usually uncountable, plural film-crafts)

  1. (usually) The art or craft of making movies; cinematography.
    • Perhaps none of the other filmcrafts, excepting costumes, have been so comparatively open to, and often dominated by, Hollywood's women.1977, The Feminist Art Journal
    • Almost all techniques of film-craft have been tried out in Hollywood, and the result has been near perfection of cinematic art.1980, Kishore Valicha, The Moving Image: A Study of Indian Cinema

Forms of film-craft

pluralfilm-crafts
alternative formfilmcraft
alternative formfilm craft

Origin of film-craft

From film + -craft.

Questions about film-craft

What does film-craft mean?
Film-craft means the art or craft of making movies; cinematography.
What part of speech is film-craft?
Film-craft is a noun.
What is the plural of film-craft?
The plural of film-craft is film-crafts.

Words near film-craft in the dictionary

  1. film stocks
  2. film strip
  3. film strips
  4. film studies
  5. film tourism
  6. film-craft
  7. film-crafts
  8. film-goer
  9. film-goers
  10. film-maker
  11. film-makers

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