Filming vs. Shooting — What's the Difference?

A thin skin or membrane.

Shooting is the act or process of discharging a projectile from a ranged weapon (such as a gun, bow, crossbow, slingshot, or blowpipe). Even the acts of launching flame, artillery, darts, harpoons, grenades, rockets, and guided missiles can be considered acts of shooting.

A thin, opaque, abnormal coating on the cornea of the eye.

To hit, wound, or kill with a missile fired from a weapon.

A thin covering or coating

To remove or destroy by firing or projecting a missile

A thin, flexible, transparent sheet, as of plastic, used in wrapping or packaging.

To make (a hole, for example) by firing a weapon.

A thin sheet or strip of flexible material, such as a cellulose derivative or a thermoplastic resin, coated with a photosensitive emulsion and used to make photographic negatives or transparencies.

To fire or let fly (a missile) from a weapon.

A thin sheet or strip of developed photographic negatives or transparencies.

To discharge (a weapon).

A movie, especially one recorded on film.

To detonate or cause to explode

The presentation of such a work.

To inject (a drug, for example) with a hypodermic syringe.

A long, narrative movie.

To throw out or release (a fishing line, for example).

Movies collectively, especially when considered as an art form.

To send forth suddenly, intensely, or swiftly

To cover with or as if with a film.

To emit (a ray or rays of light or another form of energy).

To record on film or video using a movie camera

To utter (sounds or words) forcefully, rapidly, or suddenly

To become coated or obscured with or as if with a film

(Slang) To give, send, or hand quickly

To make or shoot scenes for a movie.

(Informal) To spend, use up, or waste

The action of the verb to film.

To pass over or through swiftly

Present participle of film

To cover (country) in hunting for game.

The act of making a film

To record on film or video using a movie camera

To cause to project or protrude; extend

To begin to grow or produce; put forth.

To pour, empty out, or discharge down or as if down a chute

To throw or propel (a ball, marble, or other projectile in a game) in a specific direction or toward the objective.

To accomplish (the objective) of a game involving a projectile; score (a point, basket, or goal).

To play (a game involving projectiles, such as golf or pool).

To attain (a given score) in golf.

To play (a game involving dice, especially craps).

To throw (the dice or a given score) in craps.

To slide (the bolt of a lock) into or out of its fastening.

To plane (the edge of a board) straight.

To variegate (colored cloth) by interweaving weft threads of a different color.

To measure the altitude of with a sextant or other instrument

To discharge a missile from a weapon.

To discharge or fire; go off.

To gush or spurt

To appear suddenly

To move swiftly; dart.

To be felt moving or as if moving in the body

To protrude; project

To engage in hunting or the firing of weapons, especially for sport

To put forth new growth; germinate.

To take pictures.

To film a scene in a movie.

Sports & Games To propel a ball or other object toward the goal or in a specific direction or manner.

(Games) To throw dice.

(Slang) To begin talking. Often used in the imperative

To slide into or out of a fastening. Used of the bolt of a lock.

The motion or movement of something that is propelled, driven, or discharged.

The young growth arising from a germinating seed; a sprout.

A young leaf, flower, or other new growth on a plant.

The aboveground part of a vascular plant.

A narrow, swift, or turbulent section of a stream.

The act of discharging a weapon or letting fly a missile.

(Informal) The launching of a rocket or similar missile.

An organized shooting activity, such as a skeet tournament or hunt.

A round of shots in a contest with firearms.

A session in which something is photographed, filmed, or videotaped.

The distance a shot travels; the range.

A sharp twinge or spasm of pain.

An inclined channel for moving something; a chute.

A body of ore in a vein.

Used to express surprise, mild annoyance, or disappointment.

Present participle of shoot

(countable) An instance of shooting with a gun or other weapon.

(uncountable) The sport or activity of firing a gun or other weapon.

A district in which people have the right to kill game with firearms.

The act of one who, or that which, shoots.

A sensation of darting pain.

Moving or growing quickly.

Of a pain, sudden and darting.

The act of one who, or that which, shoots; as, the shooting of an archery club; the shooting of rays of light.

A wounding or killing with a firearm; specifically (Sporting), the killing of game; as, a week of shooting.

A sensation of darting pain; as, a shooting in one's head.

Of or pertaining to shooting; for shooting; darting.

The act of firing a projectile;

Killing someone by gunfire;