live action

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /laɪv ˈækʃən/
Audio (Southern England): (file)

Noun

live action (uncountable)

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

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 (es) f, acción en vivo f, imagen real f, imágenes reales f pl, carne y hueso f, acción viva f, con personas reales
Swedish: spelfilm (sv) c

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English live action.

Noun

live action m (plural live actions)

a live action adaptation of a previously animated work