cinematise

Thân thiện

A director plans to cinematise the classic novel.

Definition

Verb: 1. To adapt (a story, book, play, etc.) into a film: The primary meaning is the process of converting a narrative from another medium (like a novel, play, or historical event) into a format suitable for a motion picture. 2. To film; to capture on motion-picture film: This sense focuses on the technical act of recording something with a movie camera.

Usage and Examples

• Verb:
  • The director plans to cinematise the classic novel, bringing its characters to life on the big screen.
  • It is a challenge to cinematise complex historical events without oversimplifying them.
  • The documentary seeks to cinematise the daily lives of the artists in their studios.

Advanced Usage

• The term is often used in critical or academic discussions about film adaptation, highlighting the transformative process from one medium to another.
• It can imply a conscious creative effort to translate the essence, not just the plot, of the source material into cinematic language (e.g., through visuals, sound, and editing).

Variants and Related Words

• Cinematize (verb): An alternative spelling with the same meaning.
• Cinematisation / Cinematization (noun): The process or result of adapting something into a film.
  • The cinematisation of the book was both praised and criticized by fans.
• Film (verb): A more common synonym for the act of making a movie.
• Adapt (verb): A broader term for converting a work from one medium to another.

Synonyms

• Adapt (for film)
• Film
• Transfer to film
• Bring to the screen

Antonyms

• Novelize (to adapt a film into a novel)

Học thuật

Verb

1. make a film of or adopt so as to make into a film
   • cinematize history

Từ đồng nghĩa

• cinematize