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Theatre vs Cinematography - What's the difference?

theatre | cinematography |

As nouns the difference between theatre and cinematography

is that theatre is an alternative spelling of lang=en while cinematography is the art and technique of making and reproducing motion pictures.

theatre

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (Australia, Canada, NZ, UK)
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  • (US)

    • Usage notes

    * The spelling being rare. * The spelling theater is the predominant American spelling; it accounts for about 80% of usage in COCA (the major corpus of American English). People who work in the theatre industry in America, however, usually use the spelling "theatre". The spelling is also used often in advertising.

    Anagrams

    * ----

    cinematography

    English

    (wikipedia cinematography)

    Noun

  • The art and technique of making and reproducing motion pictures.

    • Synonyms

    * film-craft * filmmaking

    Usage notes

    * Traditionally the term "cinematography" referred to working with motion picture film emulsion, but it is now largely synonymous with (videography) due to the use of digital technology in both fields.

    Related terms

    * cinema * cinematic * cinematology

    Derived terms

    * cinematographer

    See also

    * DP (director of photography) * photography * videography