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Shoot

Meaning in film & television, with examples

/ʃuːt/verbCore term

In film & television, shoot means: To record a film, scene or shot with a camera. As a noun, a shoot is the period or the day when the filming happens.

In Turkish: çekmek, çekim yapmak, çekim

How it is used

The most common verb for filming: shoot a film, shoot a scene, shoot on location, shoot in black and white. The noun is just as common: a ten-day shoot, a night shoot, the shoot wraps on Friday. Past forms: shot, shot.

Example sentences

  1. We're going to shoot the market scenes in Kadıköy next Tuesday.

  2. The night shoot ran late because of the rain.

Common collocations

  • shoot a scene
  • shoot on location
  • night shoot
  • shooting schedule
  • shoot on film
  • setThe place where filming happens, either a space built in a studio to look like a real place or the area being used at a location.
  • locationA real place outside the studio, such as a street, house or forest, where a film or TV show is shot.
  • takeOne attempt at filming a shot. If something goes wrong or the director wants a different version, the crew does another take.
  • wrapTo finish filming, either for the day or for the whole production. As a noun, the wrap is the end of shooting.
  • footageRecorded film or video material, especially raw material before it has been edited.

This word in other fields

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