| film festival | a cinematic festival that features films (usually films produced during the past year) |
moviemaking
movie making
film making | the production of movies |
film editing
cutting | the activity of selecting the scenes to be shown and putting them together to create a film |
| film | a thin coating or layer, the table was covered with a film of dust |
| film photographic film | photographic material consisting of a base of celluloid covered with a photographic emulsion, used to make negatives or transparencies |
| film plastic film | a thin sheet of (usually plastic and usually transparent) material used to wrap or cover things |
| film advance | a mechanism for advancing film in a camera or projector |
| genre | a class of art (or artistic endeavor) having a characteristic form or technique |
| genre painting | a genre depicting everyday life |
motion-picture film
movie film
cine-film | photographic film several hundred feet long and wound on a spool, to be used in a movie camera |
movie projector
cine projector
film projector | projects successive frames from a reel of film to create moving pictures |
| orthochromatic film | a photographic film sensitive to green and blue and violet light |
| panchromatic film | photographic film sensitive to light of all colors (including red) |
| roll film | photographic film wound on a spool |
cling film
clingfilm
Saran Wrap | a thin plastic film made of saran (trade name Saran Wrap) that sticks to itself, used for wrapping food |
| soap film | a film left on objects after they have been washed in soap |
| sound film | motion-picture film with sound effects and dialogue recorded on it |
| Xay film | photographic film used to make Xay pictures |
| genre | a kind of literary or artistic work |
film
cinema
celluloid | a medium that disseminates moving pictures, theater pieces transferred to celluloid, this story would be good cinema, film coverage of sporting events |
a movie
film picture moving picture
moving-picture show
motion picture
motion-picture show
picture show
pic
flick | a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement, they went to a movie every Saturday night, the film was shot on location |
feature
feature film | the principal (full-length) film in a program at a movie theater, the feature tonight is `Casablanca' |
| collage film | a movie that juxtaposes different kinds of footage |
cartoon animated cartoon
toon | a film made by photographing a series of cartoon drawings to give the illusion of movement when projected in rapid sequence |
documentary
docudrama
documentary film
infotainment | a film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or event |
| film noir | a movie that is marked by a mood of pessimism, fatalism, menace, and cynical characters, film noir was applied by French critics to describe American thriller or detective films in the s |
pilot program
pilot film
pilot | a program exemplifying a contemplated series, intended to attract sponsors |
| film clip | a strip of motion picture film used in a telecast |
popular music
popular music genre | any genre of music having wide appeal (but usually only for a short time) |
music genre
musical genre
genre musical style | an expressive style of music |
writing style
literary genre
genre | a style of expressing yourself in writing |
| film company | a company that makes, advertises, and distributes movies |
film industry
movie industry | the entertainment industries involved in producing and distributing movies |
film director
director | the person who directs the making of a film |
film maker
filmmaker
film producer
movie maker | a producer of motion pictures |
film star
movie star | a star who plays leading roles in the cinema |
| genre painter | a painter of scenes from everyday life |
screenwriter
film writer | someone who writes screenplays |
wild red oat
animated oat
Avene sterilis | Mediterranean oat held to be progenitor of modern cultivated oat |
filmy fern
film fern | any fern of the genus Hymenophyllum growing in tropical humid regions and having translucent leaves |
film
shoot take | make a film or photograph of something, take a scene, shoot a movie |
| film | record in film, The coronation was filmed |
| film-make | make films, be a film maker |
film over
glaze over
blur | become glassy, lose clear vision, Her eyes glazed over from lack of sleep |
animated
alive | having life or vigor or spirit, an animated and expressive face, animated conversation, became very animated when he heard the good news |
| animated | made to appear to move as living creatures do, an animated cartoon, animated puppets |