cinematographyn.
/ˌsɪnᵻməˈtɒɡrəfi/, U.S. /ˌsɪnəməˈtɑɡrəfi/ 1. The process, practice, or art of making film recordings using a cinematograph or similar camera. Now historical.
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1896 Windsor Mag. July 237/1 Perhaps in the era of living pictures and cinematography we may soon have statues as well worth watching as Bennett's clock in Cheapside.
1897 C. M. Hepworth Animated Photogr. 7 The fact that the Edison pictures were far too dense to be satisfactorily projected was recognised in the very early days of cinematography.
1907 C. Urban Cinematograph 29 Dr. Doyen (Paris) has for the past ten years applied cinematography to record rare and difficult surgical operations.
1920 V. Steer Secrets of Cinema 115 Home cinematography holds out many alluring possibilities.
1955 Oxf. Junior Encycl. VIII. 75/2 The final and perhaps the most important advance towards cinematography was made possible by Eastman of the U.S.A.
2018 L. Cottini Art of Objects iii. 67 Turin..rapidly established itself as the capital of Italian early cinematography, as evidenced by its growing number of movie theatres and film productions.
2. The art or technique of camerawork in filmmaking; the work or style of a particular cinematographer (cinematographer n. 2); the visual style of a particular film or television production as created by a cinematographer.
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1920 Moving Picture Weekly 9 Oct. 14/1 The able direction of Val Paul and the exquisite cinematography of Harry Fowler.
1965 Southwest Times (Pulaski, Va.) 30 May 28/3 The film's cinematography is by multi-Academy-Award-Winner Robert Surtees.
1987 G. Lewis Austral. Movies & Amer. Dream 136 John Seale's glowing cinematography makes tableau scenes..look like scenes from a Flemish painting.
2013 Guardian 27 Sept. (G2 section) 21/1 The direction is superb and the cinematography creates a gripping docu-realist vision.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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