cinematographer
イラン人監督のAsghar Farhadiさんは、アカデミー賞を受賞しましたが授賞式には参加しないとのことです。
Iranian Director Won't Attend Academy Awards
Iranian director Asghar Farhadi, whose film "The Salesman" is nominated for an Academy Award, has decided not to attend the Los Angeles awards ceremony in February.
Farhadi was the subject of many headlines after President Donald Trump issued a travel ban from seven predominantly Muslim countries, including the director's homeland of Iran.
In a statement to the New York Times, the director said he has chosen not to attend the Academy Awards. Instead, he said he wants to "express my condemnation of the unjust conditions" surrounding the banned countries.
"I regret to announce via this statement that I have decided to not attend the Academy Awards Ceremony alongside my fellow members of the cinematic community," Farhadi's statement began.
The director said initially he planned to "attend this ceremony and to express my opinions about these circumstances in the press surrounding the event" with his cinematographer Hossein Jafaria
記事の中で気になった単語は"cinematographer"/sɪ̀nɪmətɑ́ɡrəfɚ/です。
『ジーニアス英和辞典』第4版(大修館)で調べてみると、「映画撮影技師」とありました。
"cinematograph"で「映画用カメラ、映写機、映画製作技術」という意味があり、今回はそこに"er"が付いたため、人を表しています。また、動詞で「…を撮影する」という意味でも使えます。
さらに、この語は"cinema"と"graphic"を合わせた語だと推測していたのですが、"cinema"を引いてみると、「"cinematograph"の短縮語」と載っており、"cinema"よりも先にできた語であることが分かりました。
LDOCEでは、"the skill or study of making films"と表現されています。(Akim)
