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Record 1 2005-12-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cinematography
DEF

A short video film made with models and used for reference to show what a film will look like.

OBS

Videomatic is a moving storyboard - a sort of "home movie" version of the film that has been shot.

OBS

The term "videomatic" is sometimes used as a synonym for "animatic" although it preceded the latter in time. Videomatics were made back in the early fifties before the computer age of animatics.

Key term(s)
  • videomatics

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cinématographie
DEF

Court film vidéo d'animation utilisé pour donner un aperçu de ce à quoi ressemblera ou ressemblait la version finale d'un film.

OBS

Historiquement, les vidéomatiques, faites à partir de maquettes, ont précédé l'animatique réalisée avec des ordinateurs mais l'usage français a tendance à niveler ces deux notions.

Spanish

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