a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement

a medium that disseminates moving pictures

photographic material consisting of a base of celluloid covered with a photographic emulsion; used to make negatives or transparencies

a thin coating or layer

a thin sheet of (usually plastic and usually transparent) material used to wrap or cover things

make a film or photograph of something

record in film

a mechanism for advancing film in a camera or projector

a strip of motion picture film used in a telecast

a company that makes, advertises, and distributes movies

the person who directs the making of a film

the activity of selecting the scenes to be shown and putting them together to create a film

any fern of the genus Hymenophyllum growing in tropical humid regions and having translucent leaves

a cinematic festival that features films (usually films produced during the past year)

the entertainment industries involved in producing and distributing movies

a producer of motion pictures

the production of movies

a movie that is marked by a mood of pessimism, fatalism, menace, and cynical characters

become glassy; lose clear vision

a producer of motion pictures

projects successive frames from a reel of film to create moving pictures

a star who plays leading roles in the cinema

someone who writes screenplays

make films; be a film maker

(used of a story or literary work) capable of being adapted to motion picture form

the personnel of the film industry

recorded on film; made into a movie

the act of making a film

a producer of motion pictures

so thin as to transmit light

any fern of the genus Trichomanes having large pinnatifid often translucent fronds; most are epiphytic on tree branches and twigs or terrestrial on mossy banks

any fern of the genus Hymenophyllum growing in tropical humid regions and having translucent leaves