Reshot

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. To take another photograph or film shot after an initial attempt; to redo or retake an image or scene in visual media; the act of capturing a new version of a picture or footage following the first try
2. The process of photographing or filming a subject again due to dissatisfaction with the earlier version; to reattempt an image capture for improved results; repeating a shot in photography or cinematography to achieve better quality or effect
3. Engaging in a secondary or repeated attempt to capture a visual scene or moment; creating an additional image or cinematic sequence after the original; the practice of making a new photographic or filmed recording to replace or supplement a previous one

Etymology: "Reshot" is the past tense and past participle of "reshoot," which the word's own history makes almost self-explanatory: the prefix "re-" means "again," and "shoot" in its sense of making a film or photograph is an extension of its older, literal meaning of firing a projectile or sending something forward. The verb "shoot" descends from Old English "sċēotan," meaning to dart, hurl, or rush, and that sense of rapid forward motion carried into the idea of a camera or film crew capturing images. The prefix is the older Latin "re-," which came into English through Old French, and it has been attached to English verbs freely for centuries, so "reshoot" follows an ordinary pattern rather than a special one. In practice, a reshoot is a deliberate return to a scene, often because a take failed, the lighting was wrong, or a studio wanted changes after test audiences reacted.

Synonyms: retook, re-filmed, re-recorded, rephotographed, reproduced