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Originally Posted by crabapple
What is FMV?
I know it stands for "full motion video" but what exactly is that?
I used to think FMV had to be filmed, but recently I've seen the term FMV applied to any cut scene in a game.
So is this another case of people changing definitions to suit themselves or does the term FMV still apply only to video sequences that were originally filmed?
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FMV has two different meanings I think. When used in modern gaming, it probably just means a pre-rendered cutscene....i.e. A movie that involves something that would be very hardware intensive to do using the in-game engine.
When used in relation to adventure games, I think it's safe to assume that we are talking about a game that has live actors and was filmed.
Hope that clears things up!
