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Type Words
Synonyms shoot, take
Type of put down, record, enter
Has types reshoot
Verb group snap, shoot, photograph
Derivation filming
Type Words
Synonyms flick, motion-picture show, motion picture, movie, moving-picture show, moving picture, pic, picture, picture show
Type of production, product, show
Has types collage film, cinema verite, 3d, musical comedy, docudrama, documentary, documentary film, musical, musical theater, feature, feature film, three-d, telefilm, film noir, final cut, talking picture, talkie, slow motion, home movie, infotainment, skin flick, silents, silent picture, silent movie, rough cut, 3-d, short subject, shoot-'em-up, coming attraction


the film was shot on location.
Type Words
Synonyms plastic film
Type of wrapping, sheet, flat solid, wrap, wrapper
Has types polaroid, shrink-wrap
Derivation filmy
Type Words
Synonyms photographic film
Type of photographic paper, photographic material
Has types negative, motion-picture film, microfilm, roll film, roll, reel, movie film, positive, footage, film clip, panchromatic film, orthochromatic film, x-ray film, episode, cine-film, sequence
Type Words
Synonyms celluloid, cinema
Type of medium
Has types silver screen


film coverage of sporting events.
Type Words
Type of object, physical object
Has types soap film, scum, slick


the table was covered with a film of dust.
Type Words
Type of put down, enter, create, record, make
Has types microfilm, cinematize, cinematise
Derivation filming


The coronation was filmed.

Examples of film

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There was unfinished business for me, doing this film, thanks to those feelings.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Did I mention the film begins with a distressed child crying out for a lost pet?
From the bostonherald.com
The Universal film had all the hype in the world going into its Aug. 13 opening.
From the forbes.com
Depp's next role is as the voice of a lost chameleon in the animated film Rango.
From the forbes.com
At times while making the film, Okun said he felt like a minor league filmmaker.
From the omaha.com
After many twists and turns, I actually was involved in developing it as a film.
From the usatoday.com
The vast studio in Chelsea marked a new sort of crossroads for fashion and film.
From the washingtontimes.com
Russians were met with resistance from high-schoolers in his 1984 film Red Dawn.
From the usatoday.com
He completed his undergraduate degree at UCLA, and has also studied film at NYU.
From the denverpost.com
More examples
  • Make a film or photograph of something; "take a scene"; "shoot a movie"
  • Movie: 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"
  • A medium that disseminates moving pictures; "theater pieces transferred to celluloid"; "this story would be good cinema"; "film coverage of sporting events"
  • Record in film; "The coronation was filmed"
  • Photographic material consisting of a base of celluloid covered with a photographic emulsion; used to make negatives or transparencies
  • A thin coating or layer; "the table was covered with a film of dust"
  • A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a story conveyed with moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects. The process of filmmaking has developed into an art form and industry.
  • /Film (pronounced "slashfilm") is a blog that covers movie news, reviews, interviews, and trailers. It was founded by Peter Sciretta in August 2005.
  • Film was a Croatian rock group founded in 1978 in Zagreb. Film was one of the most popular rock groups of the former Yugoslav New Wave in the late 1970s to early 1980s.