previsualization

pre- +‎ visualization

previsualization (countable and uncountable, plural previsualizations)

1. (film) Any technique that attempts to visualize a scene before the filming begins.
   • 2007 October 31, David M. Halbfinger, “Sony Said to Be Pondering Partial Sale of Movie Units”, in New York Times‎:

     What became Imageworks began at Sony Pictures in 1992 with five people using computers to help plan complicated live-action scenes — a practice that has since become known as previsualization.

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