cinematizing
Adapting for screen
Cinematizing is adapting something for film or giving it cinematic qualities.
A novelist might worry about cinematizing the battle scenes while writing.
A director cinematizes a stage play by reconceiving it for the screen—adding locations, camera movement, and visual storytelling that theater cannot provide.
The term can also describe making something more dramatic or visually striking, as if preparing it for the movies.
Structural or contextual shaping
- compositionArranged elements forming whole
- camera anglesPositions for filming scenes
- lightingArt of illuminating spaces
- mise-en-sceneVisual composition of scene
cinematography · blocking · staging · visual storytelling · shot selection · depth of field · color grading · aspect ratio
Overseeing a production
- filmingRecording on camera
- shootingDischarging a weapon
- principal photographyPrimary filming of scenes
- pre-productionFilmmaking preparation phase
post-production · editing · sound design · scoring · casting · location scouting · set design · costume
Film's written blueprint
- novelNew and unusual
- bookBound written work
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
- rightsJustified claims to freedoms
optioning · source material · literary · bestseller · memoir · biography · graphic novel · stage play
Exaggerating emotional impact
- visualizingForming mental images
- interpretingExtracting meaning from something
- reimaginingFresh interpretation of existing material
- translatingConverting between languages
adapting · condensing · expanding · embellishing · stylizing · romanticizing · sensationalizing · fictionalizing
Story's overall shape
- character developmentProtagonist's psychological growth
- dialogueSpoken exchange between parties
- pacingRate of movement
- dramatic tensionAnticipation in storytelling
plot structure · three-act · climax · resolution · protagonist · antagonist · conflict · subplot
framing
Structural or contextual shaping
- compositionArranged elements forming whole
- camera anglesPositions for filming scenes
- lightingArt of illuminating spaces
mise-en-scene · cinematography · blocking · staging · visual storytelling · shot selection · depth of field · color grading · aspect ratio · panoramic
directing
Overseeing a production
- filmingRecording on camera
- shootingDischarging a weapon
- principal photographyPrimary filming of scenes
pre-production · post-production · editing · sound design · scoring · casting · location scouting · set design · costume · makeup
screenplay
Film's written blueprint
- novelNew and unusual
- bookBound written work
- adaptationFitting to new conditions
rights · optioning · source material · literary · bestseller · memoir · biography · graphic novel · stage play · remake
dramatizing
Exaggerating emotional impact
- visualizingForming mental images
- interpretingExtracting meaning from something
- reimaginingFresh interpretation of existing material
translating · adapting · condensing · expanding · embellishing · stylizing · romanticizing · sensationalizing · fictionalizing · enhancing
narrative arc
Story's overall shape
- character developmentProtagonist's psychological growth
- dialogueSpoken exchange between parties
- pacingRate of movement
dramatic tension · plot structure · three-act · climax · resolution · protagonist · antagonist · conflict · subplot · voiceover
cinematizingtheatricalizing
Making excessively performative
staging · novelizing · textualizing · podcasting · televising
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