
Film
Film appears in many palindromes (phrases that read the same backward as forward):
- If I flee from life, film or feel Fifi.
- One film lacks a motto: got to mask calm life, no?
- Tim lifted a cat; Elton did not let a cadet film it.
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Distribution of usage frequency for the most common synonyms of the verb film:
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- Definition of the noun film
- Definition of the verb film
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Definition of the noun film
What does film mean as a name of something?
Film is one of the top 1000 most common nouns in the English language.
noun - plural: films
- a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
- example: the film was shot on location
- lexical domain: Communicative Processes - nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
- synonyms of film: flick / motion picture / motion-picture show / movie / moving picture / moving-picture show / pic / picture / picture show
- more generic words: product / production = an artifact that has been created by someone or some process; show = a social event involving a public performance or entertainment
- more specific terms:
- telefilm = a movie that is made to be shown on television
- feature film / feature = the principal (full-length) film in a program at a movie theater
- final cut = the final edited version of a movie as approved by the director and producer
- home movie = a film made at home by an amateur photographer
- collage film = a movie that juxtaposes different kinds of footage
- coming attraction = a movie that is advertised to draw customers
- shoot-'em-up = a movie featuring shooting and violence
- short subject = a brief film
- documentary film / infotainment / documentary / docudrama = a film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or event
- cinema verite = a movie that shows ordinary people in actual activities without being controlled by a director
- film noir = a movie that is marked by a mood of pessimism, fatalism, menace, and cynical characters
- skin flick = a pornographic movie
- rough cut = the first print of a movie after preliminary editing
- silent picture / silent movie / silents = a movie without a soundtrack
- slow motion = a movie that apparently takes place at a slower than normal speed
- talking picture / talkie = a movie with synchronized speech and singing
- three-D / 3-D / 3D = a movie with images having three dimensional form or appearance
- musical theater / musical comedy / musical = a play or film whose action and dialogue is interspersed with singing and dancing
- parts:
- sequence / episode = film consisting of a succession of related shots that develop a given subject in a movie
- credit = an entry on a list of persons who contributed to a film or written work
- subtitle / caption = translation of foreign dialogue of a movie or TV program
- credits = a list of acknowledgements of those who contributed to the creation of a film
- scene / shot = a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film
- a medium that disseminates moving pictures
- example: film coverage of sporting events
- domains: art / artistic creation / artistic production; business / business enterprise / commercial enterprise
- lexical domain: Communicative Processes - nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
- synonyms of film: celluloid / cinema
- more generic word: medium = a means or instrumentality for storing or communicating information
- more specific term: silver screen = the film industry
- photographic material consisting of a base of celluloid covered with a photographic emulsion; used to make negatives or transparencies
- lexical domain: Artifacts - nouns denoting man-made objects
- synonym of film: photographic film
- more generic terms: photographic material / photographic paper = light-sensitive paper on which photograph can be printed
- more specific terms:
- footage = film that has been shot
- microfilm = film on which materials are photographed at greatly reduced size; useful for storage
- motion-picture film / movie film / cine-film = photographic film several hundred feet long and wound on a spool
- negative = a piece of photographic film showing an image with light and shade or colors reversed
- orthochromatic film = a photographic film sensitive to green and blue and violet light
- panchromatic film = photographic film sensitive to light of all colors
- positive = a film showing a photographic image whose tones correspond to those of the original subject
- reel = a roll of photographic film holding a series of frames to be projected by a movie projector
- roll = photographic film rolled up inside a container to protect it from light
- roll film = photographic film wound on a spool
- sequence / episode = film consisting of a succession of related shots that develop a given subject in a movie
- X-ray film = photographic film used to make X-ray pictures
- film clip = a strip of motion picture film used in a telecast
- a thin coating or layer
- example: the table was covered with a film of dust
- lexical domain: Artifacts - nouns denoting man-made objects
- more generic terms: object / physical object = a tangible and visible entity
- more specific terms:
- a thin sheet of (usually plastic and usually transparent) material used to wrap or cover things
- lexical domain: Artifacts - nouns denoting man-made objects
- synonym of film: plastic film
- more generic terms: flat solid / sheet = a flat artifact that is thin relative to its length and width; wrap / wrapper / wrapping = the covering (usually paper or cellophane) in which something is wrapped
- more specific word: shrink-wrap = the clinging transparent plastic film that is used to shrinkwrap something
Alternative definition of the noun film
noun
- A thin layer of some substance.
- synonym: movie
- [context: photography] A medium used to capture images in a camera.
- A motion picture.
Definition of the verb film
What does film mean as a doing word?
verb - inflections: filmed | filming | films
- make a film or photograph of something
- example: Sam and Sue film the movie
- syntax:
Syntactic formula Example for the syntactic formula [Agent - being] [Verb] [Theme] The jeweler printed the name | The secretary transcribed the speech [Agent - being] [Verb] [Theme] [Locative Preposition] [Destination] The jeweler printed the name on the ring | The secretary transcribed the speech into the record Image Creation Verbs (with the same syntax): chronicle, copy, document, duplicate, forge, imitate, microfilm, photocopy, photograph, record, tally, tape, televise, transcribe, type.
- domain: flick / motion picture / motion-picture show / movie / moving picture / moving-picture show / pic / picture / picture show
- lexical domain: Communication - verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
- synonyms of film: shoot / take
- more generic terms: enter / put down / record = make a record of
- more specific word: reshoot = shoot again
- record in film
- examples: The coronation was filmed | Did he film his major works over a short period of time? | They will film the duet
- syntax: the same syntax as for the sense 1
- lexical domain: Creation - verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
- more generic terms: enter / put down / record = make a record of; create / make = make or cause to be or to become
- more specific words:
- cinematise / cinematize = make a film of or adopt so as to make into a film
- microfilm = record on microfilm
Films
- Film a.k.a. Mouse is a manga series written by Satoru Akahori and drawn by Hiroshi Itaba. It was serialized in the Japanese magazine Young Animal and published by Hakusensha between 1999 and 2004 .
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- "Film" is a film written by Samuel Beckett, his only screenplay. It was commissioned by Barney Rosset of Grove Press. Writing began on 5 April 1963 with a first draft completed within four days. A second draft was produced by 22 May and a forty-leaf shooting script followed thereafter. It was filmed in New York in July 1964.
- country: United States of America
- language: English Language
- director: Alan Schneider
- written by Samuel Beckett
- starring: Buster Keaton
- cinematography by Boris Kaufman
- edited by Sidney Meyers
- genres: Silent film, Indie film
- released in (50 years ago)
- "film" a.k.a. "After the Wizard" is an independent film written and directed by Hugh Gross, based on The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum. The film premiered in 2011 in Kingman, Kansas. The DVD, distributed by Breaking Glass Pictures, was released on August 7, 2012.
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- "Film" a.k.a. "Scheherazade, Tell Me a Story" is a film, directed by Yousry Nasrallah and written by Wahid Hamed.
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- "Film" a.k.a. "The Day We Met": This riveting Israeli drama follows Arik Schwartzman, an erstwhile military investigator summoned back to base to capture an elusive serial rapist. To zero in on a suspect, he enlists the aid of beautiful fellow soldier Natalie, and they masquerade as a couple to bait the perpetrator. But as the investigation escalates, they find themselves entwined in a complex relationship from which there is no turning back.
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- "Film" a.k.a. "Akher Kalam" is a film.
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Writings
- "Film" is a book by Maria Pramaggiore.
- also known as "Film: a critical introduction"
- "Film" is a book by Robert Sklar.
- also known as "Film: An International History of the Medium (Trade Version)"
- subjects: Performing arts, History, Cinema, Film, Video, Social history, Art
Music
Film a.k.a. Riddu Riđđu is an annual Sami music and culture festival held in Olmmáivággi in the Gáivuotna municipality in Norway. The goal of the festival is to bring forward both Sami culture and that of other indigenous peoples. Translated to English, the name of the festival is "small storm at the coast". The festival has permanent support from the Ministry of Culture and Church Affairs, the Sami parliament, Troms county and Kåfjord municipality.
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Person
Who is Film?
Film a.k.a. Rattapoom Toekongsap: รัฐภูมิ โตคงทรัพย์ เกิดเมื่อวันที่ 17 พฤศจิกายน พ.ศ.
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Groups
- Film was a Croatian rock group founded in 1978 in Zagreb. Film was one of the most popular rock groups of the former Yugoslav new wave in the late 1970s to early 1980s.
- genres: New Wave, Rock music, Punk rock, Ska
- albums: "Hrana za golubove", "Sunce sja!", "Greatest Hits, Volume 2", "Sve najbolje", "Greatest Hits, Volume 1", "Film u Kulušiću - Live", "Sva čuda svijeta", "Signali u noći", "Novo! Novo! Novo! Još jučer samo na filmu a sada i u vašoj glavi", "Zona sumraka"
- Film is a musical group.
- members:
- albums: ">/:no luggage", "Angel B", "Harmur Fuglsins", "Persona", "Berlin"
- official website: filmband.gr
There are other groups with in their name, like Film's, Film Noir, Half Film, Film Extras, Film school, Life in Film, A Silent Film, Girls on Film, The Autumn Film, The Silent Film, Dream City Film Club, Nick Flora & Film at Eleven, The Absolute Film Orchestra, Played By The Hollywood Film Festival Orchestra.
Miscellanea
- Film a.k.a. /Film is a blog that covers movie news, reviews, interviews, and trailers. It was founded by Peter Sciretta in August 2005.
- official website: www.slashfilm.com
- Film is an Iranian Film review magazine published for more than 30 years. The Head-Editor is Massoud Mehrabi.
- official website: www.film-magazine.com
- Film is a monthly Polish magazine devoted to cinema. It has been in publication since 1946, originally as a bimonthly publication. The founders were Jerzy Giżycki, Zbigniew Pitera, Tadeusz Kowalski, and Leon Bukowiecki.
- official website: www.film.com.pl
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Printed dictionaries and other books with definitions for Film
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Film, Form, and Culture (2015)
Fourth Edition by Professor of Film Studies and Digital Media Robert Kolker, Robert Kolker
Film is an artifice, and it becomes an artifact, made in specific ways, using specific tools, fashioned to produce and create...
World Cinema and the Visual Arts (2013)
by David Gallagher
The film is the first in the Bond franchise to deal directly with the threat to Bond's sexuality brought about by the...
Agents and Artificial Intelligence (2014)
5th International Conference, ICAART 2013, Barcelona, Spain, February 15-18, 2013. Revised Selected Papers by Joaquim Filipe, Ana Fred
Keywords: Tear film lipid layer · Class binarization techniques · Feature selection · Filters · Multiple-criteria decision-making · Multilayer perceptron 1 Introduction The tear film is a complex layer of liquid covering the anterior surface of the eye.
The Blood Poets: Millennial blues : from Apocalypse now to The matrix (1999)
by Jake Horsley
The film is an excruciating, existential study of isolation, ambition, artistic frustration and desire...
The film is a comedy all right — it chooses the world of comedy for its milieu, and 67 juxtaposes the ruthless, dreadful sincerity and gravity of the ...
The Rock & Roll Film Encyclopedia (2007)
by John Kenneth Muir
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Historical Dictionary of Film Noir (2010)
by Andrew Spicer
It is no longer possible to regard film noir as encompassed by black-andwhite American films produced between 1940 and 1959. As discussed later in the introduction, these films are one element, albeit the most important one, in any attempt ...
The Concise Routledge Encyclopedia of the Documentary Film (2013)
by Ian Aitken
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No Man's Land Wins Foreign Language Film: 2002 Oscars
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Tsotsi Wins Foreign Language Film: 2006 Oscars
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Cinema Paradiso Wins Foreign Language Film: 1990 Oscars
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Fanny & Alexander Wins Foreign Language Film: 1984 Oscars
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Irish Deaf Film Festival - Information via American Sign Language
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Quotes about Film
Sony could have $50 million and a sound stage and A-list actors and never make the same film. The constraints on this film became the essence of this film, became the power of this film. (Joshua Leonard)
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Scrabble value of F4I1L1M3
The value of this 4-letter word is 9 points. It is included in the first and second editions of the Official Scrabble Players Dictionary.
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