| film festival | a cinematic festival that features films (usually films produced during the past year) |
| construction | drawing a figure satisfying certain conditions as part of solving a problem or proving a theorem, the assignment was to make a construction that could be used in proving the Pythagorean theorem |
construction
building | the act of constructing something, during the construction we had to take a detour, his hobby was the building of boats |
| road construction | the construction of roads |
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 |
| construction building | the commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones, their main business is home construction, workers in the building trades |
| props | proper respect, I have to give my props to the governor for the way he handled the problem |
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 |
structure
construction | a thing constructed, a complex entity constructed of many parts, the structure consisted of a series of arches, she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons |
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 |
construction
mental synthesis | the creation of a construct, the process of combining ideas into a congruous object of thought |
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 |
construction grammatical construction
expression | a group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit, I concluded from his awkward constructions that he was a foreigner |
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 |
construction
twist | an interpretation of a text or action, they put an unsympathetic construction on his conduct |
| coup de theatre | a dramatic surprise |
| film company | a company that makes, advertises, and distributes movies |
construction industry
housing industry | an industry that builds housing |
film industry
movie industry | the entertainment industries involved in producing and distributing movies |