| 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 |
arena
scene of action | a playing field where sports events take place |
| 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 |
mise en scene
stage setting
setting | arrangement of scenery and properties to represent the place where a play or movie is enacted |
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 |
| scene view | graphic art consisting of the graphic or photographic representation of a visual percept, he painted scenes from everyday life, figure shows photographic and schematic views of the equipment |
scenery
scene | the painted structures of a stage set that are intended to suggest a particular locale, they worked all night painting the scenery |
| 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 |
continuity
persistence | the property of a continuous and connected period of time |
view aspect prospect
scene
vista
panorama | the visual percept of a region, the most desirable feature of the park are the beautiful views |
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 |
| scene shot | a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film |
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 |
| scene | a subdivision of an act of a play, the first act has three scenes |
| continuity | a detailed script used in making a film in order to avoid discontinuities from shot to shot |
| scene | an incident (real or imaginary), their parting was a sad scene |
| film company | a company that makes, advertises, and distributes movies |
Continuity Irish Republican Army
CIRA
Continuity Army Council | a terrorist organization formed in Ireland in as a clandestine armed wing of Sinn Fein |
film industry
movie industry | the entertainment industries involved in producing and distributing movies |
setting
scene | the context and environment in which something is set, the perfect setting for a ghost story |
| scene | the place where some action occurs, the police returned to the scene of the crime |
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 |
| scene painter | a painter of theatrical scenery |
| scene-stealer | an actor who draws more attention than other actors in the same scene, babies are natural scene-stealers |
scenic artist
scene painter | an artist specializing in scenic subjects |
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 |
picture
scene | a situation treated as an observable object, the political picture is favorable, the religious scene in England has changed in the last century |
fit tantrum
scene conniption | a display of bad temper, he had a fit, she threw a tantrum, he made a scene |
| continuity | uninterrupted connection or union |