filmization

[ fil-muh-zey-shuhn ]

noun

1. an adaptation of a novel, play, etc., for a motion picture.

Word History and Origins

Origin of filmization¹

An Americanism dating back to 1915–20; film + -ization

Example Sentences

Color, music, dancing, spectacular pageantry, laughs and thrills go into the filmization of the celebrated fantasy, which is one hundred percent musical and filmed in technicolor.

From Seattle Times

He frankly admits that his "filmization" will often mow down the facts and change history into legend.

From Time Magazine Archive