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 |
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 |
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' |
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 |
actor's line speech words | words making up the dialogue of a play, the actor forgot his speech |
film company | a company that makes, advertises, and distributes movies |
film industry movie industry | the entertainment industries involved in producing and distributing movies |
actor histrion player thespian role player | a theatrical performer |
actor doer worker | a person who acts and gets things done, he's a principal actor in this affair, when you want something done get a doer, he's a miracle worker |
actor's agent theatrical agent | a business agent for an actor |
actress | a female actor |
barnstormer playactor play-actor trouper | an actor who travels around the country presenting plays |
character actor | an actor who specializes in playing supporting roles |
dresser actor's assistant | a wardrobe assistant for an actor |
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 |
ham ham actor | an unskilled actor who overacts |
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 |
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 |