"live action" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /laɪv ˈækʃən/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-live action.wav
Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} live action (uncountable)
  1. (often used attributively) Filmed video, as opposed to video produced by animation or by computer graphics. Tags: attributive, often, uncountable Categories (topical): Film Translations (video that has been produced by filming): 真人作品 (zhēnrén zuòpǐn) (Chinese Mandarin), näytelty (Finnish), prise de vues réelles [feminine] (French), élőszereplős (Hungarian), film aksi hidup (Indonesian), beoghníomhaíocht [feminine] (Irish), 実写 (jissha) (Japanese), lakonan langsung (Malay), aksi langsung (Malay), aksi nyata (Malay), acción real [feminine] (Spanish), spelfilm [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-live_action-en-noun-Y8NmgsiH Disambiguation of Film: 53 47 Disambiguation of 'video that has been produced by filming': 78 22
  2. (often used attributively, by extension, proscribed) Photorealistic CGI; computer animation closely imitating real life. Tags: attributive, broadly, often, proscribed, uncountable Categories (topical): Film
    Sense id: en-live_action-en-noun-T6U9EA-D Disambiguation of Film: 53 47 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English retronyms, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 61 Disambiguation of English retronyms: 23 77 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 20 80 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 25 75 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 28 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 15 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 15 85
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: live actor, live actress, stop-action
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