live action
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English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /laɪv ˈækʃən/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
- (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
- (antonym(s) of “property of video”): animation, computer graphics
Related terms
Translations
video that has been produced by filming
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Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English live action.
Noun
live action m (plural live actions)
- a live action adaptation of a previously animated work