cinematic

Etymology

From French cinématique.

adj

1. Of or relating to the cinema.
2. Resembling a professional motion picture.
   Despite being shot on tiny budget, the student film looked incredibly cinematic.
3. (dated) Relating to kinematics; kinematic.

noun

1. (video games) A cut scene.
   Is there a way to skip this long cinematic?
   When you talk about writing in games, some designers think you're speaking only about cinematics. Of all the ways to evoke emotion, however, cinematics are the least game-like portion of any game. 2004, David Freeman, Creating Emotion in Games, New Riders, page 390