live-action
Not drawn, filmed
Live-action describes film, television, or video that uses real actors and physical sets rather than animation or computer-generated imagery: a live-action remake of the animated classic, The show combines live-action sequences with cartoon segments.
The term emerged to distinguish traditional filmmaking from animation, and now also contrasts with fully CGI productions.
Digital movie imagery
- animationTechnique creating movement illusion
- special effectsArtificial cinematic illusions
- practical effectsNon-digital film techniques
- stuntDangerous feat for spectacle
cinematography · green screen · motion capture · hybrid · visual effects · production · shooting · camera work
New version created
- rebootCycle power intentionally
- DisneyMajor entertainment conglomerate
- manga adaptationWork derived from Japanese comics
- video game adaptationFilm from digital entertainment
theatrical release · reimagining · faithful · recasting · modernization · screenplay · source material · nostalgic
In-person character embodiment game
- cosplayDressing as media characters
- reenactmentStaged reproduction of events
- immersiveFully engaging the senses
- in-characterMaintaining a persona
tabletop · scenario · interactive · real-world · medieval fair · battle reenactment · historical society · improvisation
Powered champion against evil
- fantasyImaginative mental wandering
- sci-fiFuturistic fiction, abbreviated
- adventureRisky exciting undertaking
- blockbusterEnormously successful entertainment property
thriller · drama · comic book movie · period piece · epic · spectacle · ensemble cast · franchise film
CGI
Digital movie imagery
- animationTechnique creating movement illusion
- special effectsArtificial cinematic illusions
- practical effectsNon-digital film techniques
stunt · cinematography · green screen · motion capture · hybrid · visual effects · production · shooting · camera work · real-time
remake
New version created
- rebootCycle power intentionally
- DisneyMajor entertainment conglomerate
- manga adaptationWork derived from Japanese comics
video game adaptation · theatrical release · reimagining · faithful · recasting · modernization · screenplay · source material · nostalgic · franchise
LARP
In-person character embodiment game
- cosplayDressing as media characters
- reenactmentStaged reproduction of events
- immersiveFully engaging the senses
in-character · tabletop · scenario · interactive · real-world · medieval fair · battle reenactment · historical society · improvisation · props
superhero
Powered champion against evil
- fantasyImaginative mental wandering
- sci-fiFuturistic fiction, abbreviated
- adventureRisky exciting undertaking
blockbuster · thriller · drama · comic book movie · period piece · epic · spectacle · ensemble cast · franchise film · tentpole
- parlor LARPsmurder mystery, character sheets, facilitator, game master, in-character
- Kids TVSesame Street, SpongeBob, Arthur, Rugrats, Clifford
- media descriptorsdramatic, thrilling, suspenseful, emotional, atmospheric
live-actionanimated
Full of life, or drawn moving
animation · cartoon · CGI · computer-generated · drawn
live-actionsynthetic
Produced artificially, not natural
artificial · rendered · illustrated · virtual · simulated
live, action, lives, living, lived, alive, lively, livelihood, actions