| cinema | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. celluloid, cinema, film | a medium that disseminates moving pictures.; "theater pieces transferred to celluloid"; "this story would be good cinema"; "film coverage of sporting events" |
| ~ cut-in, insert | (film) a still picture that is introduced and that interrupts the action of a film. |
| ~ artistic creation, artistic production, art | the creation of beautiful or significant things.; "art does not need to be innovative to be good"; "I was never any good at art"; "he said that architecture is the art of wasting space beautifully" |
| ~ business enterprise, business, commercial enterprise | the activity of providing goods and services involving financial and commercial and industrial aspects.; "computers are now widely used in business" |
| ~ macguffin, mcguffin | (film) a plot element that catches the viewers' attention or drives the plot.; "the McGuffin was a key element of Alfred Hitchcock's films" |
| ~ medium | a means or instrumentality for storing or communicating information. |
| ~ silver screen | the film industry. |
| n. (artifact) | 2. cinema, movie house, movie theater, movie theatre, picture palace | a theater where films are shown. |
| ~ bioscope | a South African movie theater. |
| ~ fleapit | an old shabby movie theater. |
| ~ multiplex | a movie theater than has several different auditoriums in the same building. |
| ~ theater, theatre, house | a building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented.; "the house was full" |
| movie theater | | |
| sine | | |
| n. (linkdef) | 1. sin, sine | ratio of the length of the side opposite the given angle to the length of the hypotenuse of a right-angled triangle. |
| ~ circular function, trigonometric function | function of an angle expressed as a ratio of the length of the sides of right-angled triangle containing the angle. |
| moving picture | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. 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.; "they went to a movie every Saturday night"; "the film was shot on location" |
| ~ product, production | an artifact that has been created by someone or some process.; "they improve their product every year"; "they export most of their agricultural production" |
| ~ sequence, episode | 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.; "the credits were given at the end of the film" |
| ~ subtitle, caption | 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). |
| ~ telefilm | a movie that is made to be shown on television. |
| ~ scene, shot | a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film. |
| ~ feature film, feature | the principal (full-length) film in a program at a movie theater.; "the feature tonight is `Casablanca'" |
| ~ 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.; "film noir was applied by French critics to describe American thriller or detective films in the 1940s" |
| ~ 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. |
| ~ show | a social event involving a public performance or entertainment.; "they wanted to see some of the shows on Broadway" |
| ~ musical, musical comedy, musical theater | a play or film whose action and dialogue is interspersed with singing and dancing. |
| ~ dub | provide (movies) with a soundtrack of a foreign language. |
| ~ synchronise, synchronize | make (motion picture sound) exactly simultaneous with the action.; "synchronize this film" |
| ~ film, shoot, take | make a film or photograph of something.; "take a scene"; "shoot a movie" |
| ~ videotape, tape | record on videotape. |
| ~ reshoot | shoot again.; "We had to reshoot that scene 24 times" |
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