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    [film]
    noun
    film (noun) · films (plural noun)
    1. a thin flexible strip of plastic or other material coated with light-sensitive emulsion for exposure in a camera, used to produce photographs or motion pictures:
      "he had already shot a whole roll of film" · "a new range of films and cameras"
    2. a motion picture; a movie:
      "a horror film" · "a film director"
      • movies considered as an art or industry:
        "a critical overview of feminist writing on film"
    verb
    film (verb) · films (third person present) · filmed (past tense) · filmed (past participle) · filming (present participle)
    1. capture on film as part of a series of moving images; make a movie of (a story or event):
      "she glowered at the television crew who were filming them"
      Similar:
      shoot
      record
      video
      photograph
      record on film
      take pictures of
      make a film of
      capture on film
      adapt for film
      make into a film
      • (film well/badly)
        be well or badly suited to portrayal in a film:
        "an adventure story that would film well"
    2. become or appear to become covered with a thin layer of something:
      "his eyes had filmed over"
      Similar:
      cloud
      mist
      fog
      haze
      blur
      dull
      blear
      become blurred
    Origin
    Old English filmen ‘membrane’, of West Germanic origin; related to fell.
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    What is the history of film?
    See also " the history of film ." (Read Lillian Gish’s 1929 Britannica essay on silent film.) As a commercial venture, offering fictional narratives to large audiences in theatres, film was quickly recognized as perhaps the first truly mass form of entertainment.

    Film | Definition, Characteristics, History, & Facts | Britannica

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    Is the escape into the world of a movie complete?
    Still, the escape into the world of the film is not complete. Only rarely does the audience react as if the events on the screen are real—for instance, by ducking before an onrushing locomotive in a special three-dimensional effect. Moreover, such effects are considered to be a relatively low form of the art of motion pictures.

    Film | Definition, Characteristics, History, & Facts | Britannica

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    Why is film important?
    Because of the optical phenomenon known as persistence of vision, this gives the illusion of actual, smooth, and continuous movement. (Read Martin Scorsese’s Britannica essay on film preservation.) A popular form of mass media, film is a remarkably effective medium for conveying drama and evoking emotion.

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  3. A film – also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick – is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images.

    Film - Wikipedia

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    Synonyms of movie 1 : a recording of moving images that tells a story and that people watch on a screen or television : motion picture

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    Film Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

  5. Cambridge Dictionary
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    FILM | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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