live action

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laɪv ˈækʃən/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

Noun

live action (uncountable)

1. (often used attributively) Filmed video, as opposed to video produced by animation or by computer graphics.
2. (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

• live actor
• live actress
• stop-action

Translations

video that has been produced by filming

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 真人作品 (zhēnrén zuòpǐn)

• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: näytelty (fi)
• French: prise de vues réelles f
• Hungarian: élőszereplős
• Indonesian: film aksi hidup
• Irish: beoghníomhaíocht f
• Japanese: 実写 (ja) (jissha)
• Malay: lakonan langsung, aksi langsung, aksi nyata
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: acción real f
• Swedish: spelfilm (sv) c

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English live action.

Noun

live action m (plural live actions)

1. a live action adaptation of a previously animated work