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Filmmaking vs Documentary - What's the difference?

filmmaking | documentary |

As nouns the difference between filmmaking and documentary

is that filmmaking is the activity of preparing edited video works, formerly principally films, whether for entertainment or other purposes while documentary is a film, tv program, publication etc which presents a social, political, scientific or historical subject in a factual or informative manner.

As an adjective documentary is

of, related to, or based on documents.

filmmaking

English

Alternative forms

* film making

Noun

(-)
  • The activity of preparing edited video works, formerly principally films, whether for entertainment or other purposes.

    • Synonyms

    * moviemaking

    Related terms

    * filmmaker

    documentary

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • of, related to, or based on documents.
  • which serves to document (record and:or illustrate) a subject.
  • presented objectively without the insertion of fictional matter.

    • Noun

    (wikipedia documentary) (documentaries)
  • A film, TV program, publication etc. which presents a social, political, scientific or historical subject in a factual or informative manner.

    • Antonyms

    * fiction

    Derived terms

    * fuckumentary * mockumentary * schlockumentary * shockumentary * stalkumentary

    Related terms

    * docudrama

    Anagrams

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