French word

tournage

Pronunciation

IPA/tuʁnaʒ/

Meaning

  • masculine nounfilming

Example

J'ai travaillé sur le tournage de cette série.

I worked on the filming of this series.

Illustration for tournage (filming)

More examples

Le tournage commence demain.

Filming starts tomorrow.

Core concept

The organized stretch of production in which a camera records scenes at a prepared location.

Common phrases

  • être sur le tournage

    be on set

  • pendant le tournage

    during filming

  • lieu de tournage

    filming location

Similar words

film: A movie that has been completed.
cinéma: A theater for showing movies.
photo: A still photograph taken with a camera.
plateau: The set or stage used for filming.

Definition in French

Processus de filmer une production audiovisuelle ou la période et le lieu où s'effectuent les prises de vue.

Word origin

Tournage comes from French tourner, from Old French torner and ultimately Latin tornare, with -age forming an action noun.

Usage tips

  • Tournage usually concerns film or video production, while a single photography session is normally called une séance photo.

Other meanings

  • film setnoun

Related words

  • tournerfilmverb
  • tournéfilmedadjective

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