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 |
megapode mound bird mound-bird mound builder scrub fowl | large-footed short-winged birds of Australasia, build mounds of decaying vegetation to incubate eggs |
cinema movie theater movie theatre movie house picture palace | a theater where films are shown |
dinner theater dinner theatre | a theater at which dinner is included in the price of admission |
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 |
home theater home theatre | television and video equipment designed to reproduce in the home the experience of being in a movie theater |
little theater little theatre | a small theater for experimental drama or collegiate or community groups |
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 |
music hall vaudeville theater vaudeville theatre | a theater in which vaudeville is staged |
operating room OR operating theater operating theatre surgery | a room in a hospital equipped for the performance of surgical operations, great care is taken to keep the operating rooms aseptic |
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 |
theater theatre house | a building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented, the house was full |
theater curtain theatre curtain | a hanging cloth that conceals the stage from the view of the audience, rises or parts at the beginning and descends or closes between acts and at the end of a performance |
theater stage theatre stage | a stage in a theater on which actors can perform |
Xay film | photographic film used to make Xay pictures |
morale builder | something or someone who influences by building or strengthening morale |
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 |
theater ticket theatre ticket | a ticket good for admission to a theater |
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 |
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 |
dramaturgy dramatic art dramatics theater theatre r | the art of writing and producing plays |
coup de theatre | a highly successful theatrical production |
coup de theatre | a sensational bit of stagecraft |
coup de theatre | a dramatic surprise |
film company | a company that makes, advertises, and distributes movies |
film industry movie industry | the entertainment industries involved in producing and distributing movies |
theater of war theatre of war | the entire land, sea, and air area that may become or is directly involved in war operations |
field field of operations theater theater of operations theatre theatre of operations | a region in which active military operations are in progress, the army was in the field awaiting action, he served in the Vietnam theater for three years |
bodybuilder muscle builder muscle-builder musclebuilder muscleman | someone who does special exercises to develop a brawny musculature |
builder constructor | someone who contracts for and supervises construction (as of a building) |
builder | a person who creates a business or who organizes and develops a country, empire builder |
director theater director theatre director | someone who supervises the actors and directs the action in the production of a show |
film director director | the person who directs the making of a film |
film maker filmmaker film producer movie maker | a producer of motion pictures |