"picture show" | Definition and Related Words

picture show

Noun

associated with:
- dub - provide (movies) with a soundtrack of a foreign language
- synchronise, synchronize - make (motion picture sound) exactly simultaneous with the action
- film, shoot, take - make a film or photograph of something
- tape, videotape - record on videotape
- reshoot - shoot again
is a type of:
- product, production - an artifact that has been created by someone or some process
- show - a social event involving a public performance or entertainment
subtypes:
- telefilm - a movie that is made to be shown on television
- feature, feature film - 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; often shown prior to showing the feature
- docudrama, documentary, documentary film, infotainment - 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 movie, silent picture, silents - a movie without a soundtrack
- slow motion - a movie that apparently takes place at a slower than normal speed; achieved by taking the film at a faster rate
- talkie, talking picture - a movie with synchronized speech and singing
- 3-d, 3d, three-d - a movie with images having three dimensional form or appearance
- musical, musical comedy, musical theater - a play or film whose action and dialogue is interspersed with singing and dancing
has:
- episode, sequence - 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
- caption, subtitle - translation of foreign dialogue of a movie or TV program; usually displayed at the bottom of the screen
- 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
same as: film, flick, motion picture, motion-picture show, movie, moving picture, moving-picture show, pic, picture

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