films semi-actifs

English translation: semi-action film

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French term or phrase:films semi-actifs
English translation:semi-action film
Entered by: PaulaMac (X)

18:06 Jan 4, 2003
French to English translations [PRO]
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French term or phrase: films semi-actifs
"... le cinéma est une discipline en évolution constante et que l'on assistera prochainement au développement de films semi-actifs, dont le budget est moins important."
Stephanie Mitchel
United States
Local time: 06:04
semi-action film
Explanation:
Enter semi-action film as search term in Google
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PaulaMac (X)
Grading comment
The answers were all good but since I couldn't tell from context whether it was about animation, I went with semi-action.
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Summary of answers provided
5 +1semi-action film
PaulaMac (X)
4 +1less action oriented films
Victor Foster
4half-active
Yolanda Broad
3semi (half) animated pictures
cjohnstone
2secondary
NancyLynn
2semi-active movies
Francis MARC


  

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secondary


Explanation:
like b-movies...?

NancyLynn
Canada
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semi-active movies


Explanation:
traduction littérale, je n'ai pas trouvé de références sur Internet . En général semi-actif est lié à l'entreposage et à l'usage de documents et dossiers

Une autre piste (moins probable) est liée à la façon économique de faire des fils d'animation avec la majeure partie fixe et seuls quelques détails actifs qui changent d'une image à l'autre ...

Francis MARC
Lithuania
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semi-action film


Explanation:
Enter semi-action film as search term in Google

PaulaMac (X)
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Grading comment
The answers were all good but since I couldn't tell from context whether it was about animation, I went with semi-action.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Noel Castelino: Yes, or try "semi-action movie" or simply "semi-action".
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semi (half) animated pictures


Explanation:
s'il s'agit de desseins animés, cela voudrait dire des films dont seule une partie relève de l'animation (le plus cher)le reste étant filmé normalement

cjohnstone
France
Local time: 12:04
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less action oriented films


Explanation:
On a hunch i put this in as a search and came up with a number of hits in google. Similarly, more action oriented films gives you a fair number of hits. perhaps this will work for you.

Victor Foster
United States
Local time: 05:04
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X): this is it because film d'action is an action movie so this is the only answer that makes sense
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1 day 23 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
half-active


Explanation:
Has to do with economizing use of pixels in animation process (vs active video):

“Active video end 8 LSBs This 8-bit register holds the LSBs of a 10-bit value which is the end half active video length extending from 0 to 1023 PCK cycles. The two MSBs are located in control register 18.” http://www.fairchildsemi.com/ds/TM/TMC22191.pdf

Yolanda Broad
United States
Local time: 06:04
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