Moving Picture (Noun)
Meaning
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".
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- In 1990, approximately 300,000 jobs existed in the moving picture industry as a whole, including theater employees.
- The art of moving picture photography is mainly concerned with the problems arising in the photographing of scenes enacted by players.
- By the 1920s, the moving picture industry had become a global phenomenon, with America leading the way in this regard.
- According to a 1913 book, the art of moving picture photography was a "distinct branch of the photographic art".
- She became interested in the art of sound recording, particularly in its application to the moving picture.
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- Final Cut
- Silent Picture
- Short Subject
- Musical Theater
- Docudrama
- Rough Cut
- Telefilm
- Documentary
- Musical
- Home Movie
- Musical Comedy
- Shoot-'em-up
- Slow Motion
- Three-D
- Feature Film
- Coming Attraction
- Film Noir
- Silent Movie
- Silents
- Feature
- Talking Picture
- Skin Flick
- 3-D
- Collage Film
- 3D
- Documentary Film
- Cinema Verite
- Talkie