career life history | the general progression of your working or professional life, the general had had a distinguished career, he had a long career in the law |
film festival | a cinematic festival that features films (usually films produced during the past year) |
history lesson | a lesson in the facts of history |
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 |
cinema movie theater movie theatre movie house picture palace | a theater where films are shown |
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 |
motion-picture camera movie camera cineamera | a camera that takes a sequence of photographs that can give the illusion of motion when viewed in rapid succession |
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 |
ancient history | knowledge of some recent fact or event that has become so commonly known that it has lost its original pertinence |
natural history | the scientific study of plants or animals (more observational than experimental) usually published in popular magazines rather than in academic journals |
history | the discipline that records and interprets past events involving human beings, he teaches Medieval history, history takes the long view |
art history | the academic discipline that studies the development of painting and sculpture |
history | all that is remembered of the past as preserved in writing, a body of knowledge, the dawn of recorded history, from the beginning of history |
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 |
history account chronicle story | a record or narrative description of past events, a history of France, he gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president, the story of exposure to lead |
ancient history | a history of the ancient world |
case history | detailed record of the background of a person or group under study or treatment |
family history | part of a patient's medical history in which questions are asked in an attempt to find out whether the patient has hereditary tendencies toward particular diseases |
medical history medical record anamnesis | the case history of a medical patient as recalled by the patient |
biography life life story life history | an account of the series of events making up a person's life |
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' |
home movie | a film made at home by an amateur photographer |
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 |
silent movie silent picture silents | a movie without a soundtrack |
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 |
film company | a company that makes, advertises, and distributes movies |
film industry movie industry | the entertainment industries involved in producing and distributing movies |
history department department of history | the academic department responsible for teaching history |
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 |
screen actor movie actor | an actor who plays a role in a film |
screenwriter film writer | someone who writes screenplays |
filmy fern film fern | any fern of the genus Hymenophyllum growing in tropical humid regions and having translucent leaves |