English > movie: 1 sense > noun 1, communication| Meaning | A form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement. |
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| Example | "they went to a movie every Saturday night" |
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| Synonyms | film, picture, moving picture, moving-picture show, motion picture, motion-picture show, picture show, pic, flick |
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| Category of | dub | Provide (movies) with a soundtrack of a foreign language |
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| film, shoot, take | make a film or photograph of something |
| reshoot | shoot again |
| synchronize, synchronise | make (motion picture sound) exactly simultaneous with the action |
| videotape, tape | record on videotape |
| Parts | credit | An entry on a list of persons who contributed to a film or written work |
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| credits | A list of acknowledgements of those who contributed to the creation of a film (usually run at the end of the film) |
| scene, shot | A consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film |
| sequence, episode | film consisting of a succession of related shots that develop a given subject / subject in a movie |
| subtitle, caption | translation of foreign dialogue of a movie or TV program |
| Narrower | cinema verite | A movie that shows ordinary people in actual activities without being controlled by a director |
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| collage film | A movie that juxtaposes different kinds of footage |
| coming attraction | A movie that is advertised to draw customers |
| documentary, docudrama, documentary film, infotainment | A film or TV program presenting the facts / facts about a person or event |
| feature, feature film | The principal (full-length) film in a program at a movie theater |
| film noir | A movie that is marked by a mood of pessimism, fatalism, menace, and cynical characters |
| final cut | The final / final edited version of a movie as approved by the director and producer |
| home movie | A film made at home by an amateur photographer |
| musical, musical comedy, musical theater | A play or film whose action and dialogue is interspersed with singing and dancing |
| rough cut | The first print of a movie after preliminary editing |
| shoot-'em-up | A movie featuring shooting and violence |
| short subject | A brief film |
| silent movie, silent picture, silents | A movie without a soundtrack |
| skin flick | A pornographic movie |
| slow motion | A movie that apparently takes place at a slower than normal speed |
| talking picture, talkie | A movie with synchronized speech and singing / singing |
| telefilm | A movie that is made to be shown on television |
| three-D, 3-D, 3D | A movie with images having three dimensional form or appearance |
| Broader | product, production | An artifact that has been created by someone or some process |
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| show | A social event involving a public performance or entertainment |
| Spanish | cine, filme, film, película, producción |
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| Catalan | film, pel·lícula, producció |
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