shooting
n. uncountablen. the act of using a camera to record a film or a video. It is the time when the actors and crew are actually working on set.
n. the process of recording moving images on film or digital media. Often used to refer to the production phase of a motion picture or television program.
The shooting of the new movie starts tomorrow.
Bad weather delayed the shooting for three days, putting the entire production behind schedule.
Principal shooting took place on location in the desert to capture the authentic light and atmosphere required for the film's opening sequence.
From Middle English shoting, schoting, from Old English scotung (“shooting”), from Proto-Germanic *skutungō, equivalent to shoot + -ing. Cognate with Dutch schieting, German Erschießung (“shooting”), Swedish skjutning (“shooting”).
Often used as a gerund or in compound nouns like 'location shooting'.