film
Other forms: films; filmed; filming
A film, also known as a "movie" or a "motion picture," is a series of moving images shown on a screen, usually with sound, that make up a story. Some people like to see new films at the theater as soon as they're released.
You might pretend to be a fan of French films while secretly preferring animated films. The movie itself is a film, and you can also use the word to mean the photographic strip of plastic that runs through a camera and captures the film's images. It's also a verb, meaning to use such a camera: "Let's film a scene where you play with my cat!" The Old English root word is filmen, "membrane or thin skin."
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a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement“the film was shot on location”
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synonyms:
flick, motion picture, motion-picture show, movie, moving picture, moving-picture show, pic, picture, picture show
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telefilm
a movie that is made to be shown on television
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feature, feature film
the principal (full-length) film in a program at a movie theater
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final cut
the final edited version of a movie as approved by the director and producer
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home movie
a film made at home by an amateur photographer
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collage film
a movie that juxtaposes different kinds of footage
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coming attraction
a movie that is advertised to draw customers
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shoot-'em-up
a movie featuring shooting and violence
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short subject
a brief film; often shown prior to showing the feature
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docudrama, documentary, documentary film, infotainment
a film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or event
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cinema verite
a movie that shows ordinary people in actual activities without being controlled by a director
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film noir
a movie that is marked by a mood of pessimism, fatalism, menace, and cynical characters
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skin flick
a pornographic movie
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rough cut
the first print of a movie after preliminary editing
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silent movie, silent picture, silents
a movie without a soundtrack
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slow motion
a movie that apparently takes place at a slower than normal speed; achieved by taking the film at a faster rate
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talkie, talking picture
a movie with synchronized speech and singing
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3-D, 3D, three-D
a movie with images having three dimensional form or appearance
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musical, musical comedy, musical theater
a play or film whose action and dialogue is interspersed with singing and dancing
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Western, horse opera
a film or novel about life in the western United States during the period of exploration and development
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animated cartoon, cartoon, toon
a film made by photographing a series of cartoon drawings to give the illusion of movement when projected in rapid sequence
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newsreel
a short film and commentary about current events
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peepshow
a short pornographic film shown in a small coin-operated booth
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product, production
an artifact that has been created by someone or some process
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show
a social event involving a public performance or entertainment
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a medium that disseminates moving pictures“film coverage of sporting events”
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silver screen
the film industry
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medium
a means or instrumentality for storing or communicating information
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silver screen
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photographic material consisting of a base of celluloid covered with a photographic emulsion; used to make negatives or transparencies
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photographic film
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footage
film that has been shot
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microfilm
film on which materials are photographed at greatly reduced size; useful for storage; a magnification system is used to read the material
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cine-film, motion-picture film, movie film
photographic film several hundred feet long and wound on a spool; to be used in a movie camera
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negative
a piece of photographic film showing an image with light and shade or colors reversed
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orthochromatic film
a photographic film sensitive to green and blue and violet light
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panchromatic film
photographic film sensitive to light of all colors (including red)
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positive
a film showing a photographic image whose tones correspond to those of the original subject
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reel
a roll of photographic film holding a series of frames to be projected by a movie projector
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roll
photographic film rolled up inside a container to protect it from light
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roll film
photographic film wound on a spool
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episode, sequence
film consisting of a succession of related shots that develop a given subject in a movie
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X-ray film
photographic film used to make X-ray pictures
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film clip
a strip of motion picture film used in a telecast
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bitewing
a dental X-ray film that can be held in place by the teeth during radiography
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microfiche
small sheet of microfilm on which many pages of material have been photographed; a magnification system is used to read the material
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sound film
motion-picture film with sound effects and dialogue recorded on it
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montage
a film sequence made by editing together a series of separate scenes or shots
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photographic material, photographic paper
light-sensitive paper on which photograph can be printed
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make a film or photograph of something
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record in film“The coronation was filmed”
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cinematise, cinematize
make a film of or adopt so as to make into a film
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microfilm
record on microfilm
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cinematise, cinematize
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a thin coating or layer“the table was covered with a film of dust”
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scum
a film of impurities or vegetation that can form on the surface of a liquid
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slick
a film of oil or garbage floating on top of water
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soap film
a film left on objects after they have been washed in soap
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oil slick
a thin film of oil floating on top of water (especially crude oil spilled from a ship)
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dross, scoria, slag
the scum formed by oxidation at the surface of molten metals
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object, physical object
a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow
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a thin sheet of (usually plastic and usually transparent) material used to wrap or cover things
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plastic film
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Polaroid
(trade mark) a plastic film that can polarize a beam of light; often used in sunglasses to eliminate glare
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shrink-wrap
the clinging transparent plastic film that is used to shrinkwrap something
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flat solid, sheet
a flat artifact that is thin relative to its length and width
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wrap, wrapper, wrapping
the covering (usually paper or cellophane) in which something is wrapped
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