How to Use filmmaking in a Sentence

filmmaking

noun
  • These are people who rose to the top of their field in filmmaking.
    — Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 2 Mar. 2025
  • And a lot of filmmaking in the last 15 years has been that, okay?
    — IEEE Spectrum, 1 Nov. 2023
  • Feelgood filmmaking this pure of heart is hard to come by right now.
    — Brian Lowry, CNN, 13 Aug. 2021
  • In fact, no aspect of the filmmaking process was given the light of day.
    — Adam Epstein, Quartz, 26 Apr. 2021
  • Here, too, a real pain seems to break through the surface of the filmmaking.
    — Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2024
  • The filmmaking, too, wants for a bit of anarchy, or at least some itchy verve.
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 5 Oct. 2022
  • Ratliff agreed that the comment shouldn't have been passed along to him but chalked it up to the chaos of filmmaking.
    — Andrea Towers, EW.com, 10 Mar. 2022
  • Williams was asked to score a piece of filmmaking that would forever change the way that movies are made.
    — Alex Galbraith, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Feb. 2026
  • This marvel of non-fiction filmmaking is a little and a lot all at once.
    — Thr Staff, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Jan. 2022
  • To show the movie, this is the best place to appreciate the art of filmmaking.
    — Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Sep. 2024
  • These categories include crafts and skills that are at the very core of filmmaking.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 24 Mar. 2022
  • This isn’t the only thing Cox thinks is wrong with the current state of filmmaking.
    — Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 18 Aug. 2024
  • The final act features some of the best blockbuster filmmaking in years.
    — Lucas Trevor, Washington Post, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Aside from a love of filmmaking, the two share fatherhood in common.
    — Jen Juneau, People.com, 7 Oct. 2024
  • That, to me, is the best, most interesting part of filmmaking.
    — Gerrad Hall, EW.com, 17 Dec. 2024
  • That’s the risk — and to some, the thrill — of vérité documentary filmmaking.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
  • Some of it feels a little dated, but the sheer force of the filmmaking will always be timeless.
    — Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2025
  • How much of this has to do with filmmaking, good or bad, and how much of it has to do with one’s own expectations?
    — Justin Changfilm Critic, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2023
  • The filmmaking lacks the style to pull off its willful blending of fact and fantasy.
    — Michael Ordoña, Los Angeles Times, 30 Mar. 2023
  • This fact of filmmaking was proven in the casting for Back to the Future.
    — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 15 Oct. 2020
  • The threat has been taken care of, by way of the kind of kinetic filmmaking that might make anyone punch the air.
    — David Sims, The Atlantic, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Eastwood is known for a lean filmmaking style that trims away the fat — a limited number of takes, a rapid pace.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 16 Sep. 2021
  • Eastwood is known for a lean filmmaking style that trims away the fat – a limited number of takes, a rapid pace.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, Detroit Free Press, 18 Sep. 2021
  • That’s the fun, going from nothing to something, which is the story of filmmaking, by the way.
    — Hannah Abraham, Deadline, 20 June 2024
  • South Park is giving fans a little flash of behind-the-scenes filmmaking.
    — Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 30 July 2025
  • For Mortensen, the film is more than just a spectacle of cliff-diving filmmaking.
    — Carson Burton, Variety, 29 July 2022
  • The event is your chance to learn more about the art of filmmaking and film production in the state of Kentucky.
    — Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 12 July 2022
  • This would be his chance to shine, combining his singing talents with Weis' filmmaking and the city's sights.
    — David Lee Simmons, NOLA.com, 8 Feb. 2021
  • Jorge Soto fell in love in the early ‘00s — in love with filmmaking, that is.
    — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 24 Sep. 2024
  • There’s no urgency, which to me is the rarest thing in any form of filmmaking and possibly the greatest one too.
    — Marta Balaga, Variety, 12 Nov. 2023

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