film

1. A form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement (synset 106626039)
   "they went to a movie every Saturday night"; "the film was shot on location"
   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: flick, motion picture, motion-picture show, movie, moving picture, moving-picture show, pic, picture, picture show
2. A medium that disseminates moving pictures (synset 106273220)
   "theater pieces transferred to celluloid"; "this story would be good cinema"; "film coverage of sporting events"
   referred to in:

   • art, artistic creation, artistic production - the creation of beautiful or significant things
   • business, business enterprise, commercial enterprise - the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects
   associated with:

   • cut-in, insert - (film) a still picture that is introduced and that interrupts the action of a film
   • macguffin, mcguffin - (film) a plot element that catches the viewers' attention or drives the plot
   is a type of: medium - a means or instrumentality for storing or communicating information
   subtypes: silver screen - the film industry
   same as: celluloid, cinema
3. Photographic material consisting of a base of celluloid covered with a photographic emulsion;
   Used to make negatives or transparencies (synset 103343766)
   is a type of: photographic material, photographic paper - light-sensitive paper on which photograph can be printed
   subtypes:

   • footage - film that has been shot
   • microfilm - film on which materials are photographed at greatly reduced size; useful for storage; a magnification system is used to read the material
   • cine-film, motion-picture film, movie film - photographic film several hundred feet long and wound on a spool; to be used in a movie camera
   • 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 (including red)
   • 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
   • episode, sequence - 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
   same as: photographic film
4. A thin coating or layer (synset 103343593)
   "the table was covered with a film of dust"
   is a type of: object, physical object - a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow
   subtypes:

   • scum - a film of impurities or vegetation that can form on the surface of a liquid
   • slick - a film of oil or garbage floating on top of water
   • soap film - a film left on objects after they have been washed in soap
5. A thin sheet of (usually plastic and usually transparent) material used to wrap or cover things (synset 103344241)
   is a type of:

   • 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
   subtypes:

   • polaroid - (trade mark) a plastic film that can polarize a beam of light; often used in sunglasses to eliminate glare
   • shrink-wrap - the clinging transparent plastic film that is used to shrinkwrap something
   same as: plastic film

1. Make a film or photograph of something (synset 201004785)
   "take a scene"; "shoot a movie"
   referred to in: film, flick, motion picture, motion-picture show, movie, moving picture, moving-picture show, pic, picture, picture show - a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
   is a type of: enter, put down, record - make a record of; set down in permanent form
   subtypes: reshoot - shoot again
   same as: shoot, take
   verb group: photograph, shoot, snap - record on photographic film
2. Record in film (synset 201715824)
   "The coronation was filmed"
   is a type of:

   • enter, put down, record - make a record of; set down in permanent form
   • create, make - make or cause to be or to become
   subtypes:

   • cinematise, cinematize - make a film of or adopt so as to make into a film
   • microfilm - record on microfilm

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