The art, technique, or science of making movies and films; cinematography.
From cinema + -tics (suffix creating a noun meaning 'the art or science of'). This plural form became standard to refer to film as a discipline, parallel to words like 'mathematics' or 'physics.'
In video games, 'cinematics' are animated scenes that tell the story—proof that this word evolved from live-action film to describe any narrative filmmaking, including computer-generated imagery.
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