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film
[ film ]
noun
- a thin layer or coating:
a film of grease on a plate.
- a thin sheet of any material:
a film of ice.
- a thin skin or membrane:
The whitish film over your eye is a cataract.
- a delicate web of filaments or fine threads:
The fabric embedded in the polyurethane is essentially a film of fiberglass.
- a thin haze, blur, or mist:
A pale film of drizzly twilight soon gave way to a dense fog.
- Photography.
- a composition of plastic or similar material made into thin sheets or strips and coated with a light-sensitive emulsion, used for taking photographs.
- a strip or roll of this.
- the coating of emulsion on such a sheet or strip or on a photographic plate.
- Movies.
- a strip of transparent material, usually cellulose triacetate, covered with a photographic emulsion and perforated along one or both edges, intended for the recording and reproduction of images.
- a similar perforated strip covered with an iron oxide emulsion magfilm, intended for the recording and reproduction of both images and sound.
- Sometimes films.
- movies collectively:
Film is the quintessential storytelling medium of the 20th century.
- the movie industry, or its productions, operations, etc.:
He wants to get into films as a director.
- movies as a genre of art or entertainment:
experimental film.
verb (used with object)
- to cover with a film, thin skin, or pellicle:
A bloom of algae films the pond every summer.
- Movies.
- to record in video format as a movie, with or without audio:
We didn't know we were being filmed.
- to make a movie of:
to film a novel.
verb (used without object)
- to become covered by a film:
The water filmed over with ice.
Synonyms: , , ,
- Movies.
- to be reproduced in video format as a movie, especially in a specified manner:
This story films easily.
- to direct, make, or otherwise engage in the production of movies, TV shows, or other video content:
They'll be filming here for the next six months.
film
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noun
- a sequence of images of moving objects photographed by a camera and providing the optical illusion of continuous movement when projected onto a screen
- a form of entertainment, information, etc, composed of such a sequence of images and shown in a cinema, etc
- ( as modifier )
film techniques
- a thin flexible strip of cellulose coated with a photographic emulsion, used to make negatives and transparencies
- a thin coating or layer
- a thin sheet of any material, as of plastic for packaging
- a fine haze, mist, or blur
- a gauzy web of filaments or fine threads
- pathol an abnormally opaque tissue, such as the cornea in some eye diseases
verb
- to photograph with a cine camera
- to make a film of (a screenplay, event, etc)
- often foll by over to cover or become covered or coated with a film
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ´Ú¾±±ô³¾Â·±ô¾±°ì±ð adjective
- °ù±ð·´Ú¾±±ô³¾ verb (used with object)
- ³Ü²Ô·´Ú¾±±ô³¾±ð»å adjective
- well-filmed adjective
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of film1
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of film1
Example Sentences
These films have run the gamut — sometimes focusing on the survivors, sometimes on the shooters, sometimes on the parents — and likewise their strategies have varied, either promising catharsis, hope or insight.
Historically, there have been few examples of zombie films made in Mexico, even if the horror genre at large has always proven widely popular with Mexican audiences.
When it arrives, in simple letters against a black backdrop, it doesn’t so much introduce the film as cleave it in half.
As depicted in Samir Oliveros’ film inspired by this odd moment in television history, the “luckiest man†nickname was hastily brainstormed by the panicking producers backstage, hoping to spin their expensive oversight into TV gold.
Brosnan, who fronted the “Bond†franchise across four films from 1995 to 2002, said in a recent interview that he thinks his “Greatest†co-star “would be very good†for the iconic role.
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