メイキング

also: メーキング

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Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

Refers to a documentary or featurette showing how a film, game, or other work was made. Often used as a noun modifier, e.g. メイキング映像.

from English making

General sense of making or creating something. Less common than the 'making-of' sense and often used in compound words or specific contexts.

〈物もの〉のメイキングthe making-of footage/documentary for a work
この映えい画がのメイキングはとても興きょう味み深ぶかい。
The making-of documentary for this movie is really interesting.
メイキング映えい像ぞうを見みるto watch making-of footage
DVDに入はいっているメイキング映えい像ぞうを見みた。
I watched the making-of footage included on the DVD.
メイキングを収しゅう録ろくするto include a making-of featurette (as bonus content)
特とく典てんとして撮さつ影えい中ちゅうのメイキングを収しゅう録ろくした。
They included behind-the-scenes footage from filming as a bonus feature.

舞ぶ台たい裏うら sense 1
メイキング specifically refers to filmed behind-the-scenes footage of how a work was made, while 舞台裏 more broadly means anything happening out of public view, not necessarily recorded.
制せい作さくN3sense 2
制作 is the standard word for the act of producing or creating a work, while メイキング in this general sense is less common and usually appears in compounds.

メイキングUsage74%
Most common katakana spelling for the loanword from English 'making'.
メーキングUsage26%
Alternate katakana spelling with long vowel mark; less common but still encountered.

Loanword from English 'making'. The 'making-of' sense is a semantic extension common in Japanese.