filming

[ fil-ming ]

noun

1. the act or period of photographing, especially of a motion picture.

Word History and Origins

Origin of filming¹

First recorded in 1885–90; film + -ing ¹

Example Sentences

Yuan creates football content for the Chinese media market and was filming with celebrating Madrid fans who were - unknown to him - singing a racially offensive chant in Spanish about Chinese women, aimed at his colleague.

From BBC

Wherever he or his wife are filming, they travel in a pack.

From Los Angeles Times

Adding to the documentary-style realism, the film weaves in actual footage from the ABC broadcast that day, to which Mason helped secure the rights shortly before filming began.

From Los Angeles Times

Despite the amount of public money going into Life Wirral, undercover filming by Panorama revealed concerns about a lack of funding for the school.

From BBC

“So we were about to be filming a moment. And she didn’t know that she was supposed to start. I told her, ‘They don’t say “action.”

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• photograph
• shoot