motion picture
Projected moving images
A motion picture is a movie—a series of images projected in rapid succession to create the illusion of movement.
The term is formal and slightly old-fashioned, appearing mainly in industry contexts like the Motion Picture Association or motion picture soundtrack.
In everyday speech, people say movie or film.
Venue for live drama
- screeningEvaluative selection process
- multiplexMulti-screen movie theater
- projectorLight-casting display device
- auditoriumRoom for spectators
marquee · popcorn · box office · matinee · premiere · usher · silver screen · art house
One who leads
- producerOne who makes things
- cinematographyMotion picture visual craft
- screenplayFilm's written blueprint
- editingRefining content for clarity
studio · cast · scene · take · cut · footage · soundstage · location
Text frames in silent films
- black-and-whiteWithout color gradations
- nickelodeonCoin-fed entertainment machine
- 1920sPost-WWI American decade
- piano scoreMusic written for keys
Charlie Chaplin · Buster Keaton · flicker · celluloid · slapstick · kinetoscope · Rudolph Valentino · tinting
Ticket sales revenue
- franchiseLicensed business operation
- sequelContinuation of prior work
- prequelLater work, earlier setting
- tentpoleCentral shelter support
spectacle · superhero · star-studded · gross · record-breaking · summer · megahit · action-packed
Storyline or land parcel
- screenplayFilm's written blueprint
- scriptWritten words for performance
- dialogueSpoken exchange between parties
- protagonistStory's central figure
antagonist · climax · arc · theme · genre · setting · conflict · resolution
Transparent sheet for cartoons
- animeJapanese cartoon art form
- PixarDigital animation studio
- DisneyMajor entertainment conglomerate
- DreamWorksShrek's production company
Miyazaki · CGI · cartoon · storyboard · keyframe · rendering · voiceover · rotoscope
Literature about real events
- footageRecorded video material
- interviewFormal questioning session
- archiveStored historical records
- narrationVerbal account delivery
exposé · ethnographic · wildlife · investigative · talking heads · reenactment · observational · Ken Burns
theater
Venue for live drama
- screeningEvaluative selection process
- multiplexMulti-screen movie theater
- projectorLight-casting display device
auditorium · marquee · popcorn · box office · matinee · premiere · usher · silver screen · art house · intermission
director
One who leads
- producerOne who makes things
- cinematographyMotion picture visual craft
- screenplayFilm's written blueprint
editing · studio · cast · scene · take · cut · footage · soundstage · location · grip
intertitles
Text frames in silent films
- black-and-whiteWithout color gradations
- nickelodeonCoin-fed entertainment machine
- 1920sPost-WWI American decade
Charlie Chaplin · Buster Keaton · piano score · flicker · celluloid · slapstick · kinetoscope · Rudolph Valentino · tinting · title cards
box office
Ticket sales revenue
- franchiseLicensed business operation
- sequelContinuation of prior work
- prequelLater work, earlier setting
tentpole · spectacle · superhero · star-studded · gross · record-breaking · summer · megahit · action-packed · CGI
plot
Storyline or land parcel
- screenplayFilm's written blueprint
- scriptWritten words for performance
- dialogueSpoken exchange between parties
protagonist · antagonist · climax · arc · theme · genre · setting · conflict · resolution · twist
cel
Transparent sheet for cartoons
Miyazaki · DreamWorks · CGI · cartoon · storyboard · keyframe · rendering · voiceover · rotoscope · Laika
nonfiction
Literature about real events
narration · exposé · ethnographic · wildlife · investigative · talking heads · reenactment · observational · Ken Burns · subject
- cinemafilm, films, film studios, movies, cinema
- inventionsprinting press, steam engine, lightbulb, light bulb, microscope
- open compoundsice cream, hot dog, high school, post office, living room
- visual recordingsphotograph, photo, video, film, snapshot
- copyrightcopyright, copyright law, copyright act, copyright office, copyright notice
motion picturephotograph
Image from a camera
still image · snapshot · freeze frame · painting · portrait
motion picturestage play
Live theatrical work
live performance · theatrical production · Broadway show · opera · ballet
motion pictureradio drama
Narrative broadcast through speakers
novel · book · written word · podcast · audiobook
remote, picture, movie, emotion, motion, emotional, promote, commotion, promotion