filmte

In a sentence

• Er filmte den Sonnenuntergang am Strand.

  He filmed the sunset at the beach.

  Here, 'filmte' is the simple past tense of 'filmen', indicating an action performed in the past. The subject 'Er' (he) captured a scene ('den Sonnenuntergang am Strand', the sunset at the beach) using a device capable of recording video.

• Die Regisseurin filmte die Szene mehrere Male, um sie perfekt einzufangen.

  The director filmed the scene multiple times to capture it perfectly.

  In this sentence, 'filmte' expresses a repeated action in the past by 'Die Regisseurin' (the director). The verb 'filmte' indicates the act of filming a scene multiple times, showing an iterative process.

• Während der Feier filmte er seine Freunde lachend und tanzend.

  During the celebration, he filmed his friends laughing and dancing.

  Here, 'filmte' conveys the story of an event during which 'er' (he) recorded his friends' spontaneous actions and emotions during the celebration.