live action
English
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Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /laɪv ˈækʃən/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
[edit]- (often used attributively) Filmed video, as opposed to video produced by animation or by computer graphics.
- (often used attributively, by extension, proscribed) Photorealistic CGI; computer animation closely imitating real life.
- live action version of The Lion King
- live action version of Sonic the Hedgehog
Antonyms
[edit]- (antonym(s) of “property of video”): animation, computer graphics
Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]video that has been produced by filming
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Portuguese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from English live action.
Noun
[edit]live action m (plural live actions)
- a live action adaptation of a previously animated work
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from English live action.
Noun
[edit]live action m or f same meaning (plural live actions)
Adjective
[edit]Usage notes
[edit]According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.
Further reading
[edit]- “acción real, mejor que live action”, in FundéuRAE (Fundación del Español Urgente) [Foundation of Urgent Spanish] (in Spanish), Agencia EFE; Real Academia Española, 7 September 2023
- “acción real, alternativa a live action”, in FundéuRAE (Fundación del Español Urgente) [Foundation of Urgent Spanish] (in Spanish), Agencia EFE; Real Academia Española, 13 October 2023
- RAE (10 November 2020), “live action”, in X (formerly Twitter), X Corp.
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