verb phrase · neutral

film a scene

UK/fɪlm ə siːn/US/fɪlm ə sin/film a SCENE

Band 4-5speakingtask2

to record a particular shot or segment for a film or video

Examples

The director decided to film a scene at dawn for the best light.

They will film a scene outside the school tomorrow.

We filmed a scene in the park for our short project.

Band 8 sentence

The crew decided to film a scene at dusk to capture the subtle interplay of natural light and shadow.

Collocations

  • film a scene on location
  • film a scene again

Word family

film verb / nounfilming nounfilmmaker noun

Common mistakes

film scenefilm a scene

record the scene yesterdayrecorded the scene yesterday

Say it for a higher band

5record a scene6shoot a scene7+film a scene

Synonyms

record a scene

Easily confused

record a scene

They recorded a scene on the phone when the camera failed.

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