film

film¹ W1S2 [fılm] n

[: Old English; Origin: filmen 'thin skin']

1.)

a story that is told using sound and moving pictures, shown at a cinema or on television

American Equivalent: movie

▪ Have you seen any good films recently?

▪ We stayed in to watch the late-night film .

film about

▪ a film about a young dancer

▪ a special screening of the film for critics

▪ a Hollywood film premiere

▪ Poitier starred in the classic film 'In the Heat of the Night'.

2.) [U]

moving pictures of real events that are shown on television or at a cinema

▪ newsreel film

▪ the race to be first with film footage (=pictures) of news events

3.) [U]

the work of making films, considered as an art or a business

▪ I'm interested in photography and film.

▪ the film industry

▪ a background in film and animation

4.) [U and C]

the thin plastic used in a camera for taking photographs or recording moving pictures

▪ I shot five rolls of film on vacation.

record/capture/preserve sth on film

▪ The whole incident was recorded on film.

5.) [singular]

a very thin layer of liquid, powder etc on the surface of something

film of

▪ a film of oil on the surface of the water

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COLLOCATES for sense 1

watch/see a film

appear/star in a film

show/screen a film

make/shoot a film

film premiere (=the first time when a film is shown)

WORD FOCUS: film

types of film: comedy, romantic comedy, drama, thriller, western, action film, horror film, war film, art house film, silent film, feature film

films that use drawings or models: cartoon, animation, animated film

films in general: cinema

where you go to see a film : cinema (BrE) movie theater (AmE), multiplex

the people in a film: actor, actress, star, cast

the people who make a film: director, producer, film crew, cameraman/camerawoman, scriptwriter

the music for a film: soundtrack

the words and the instructions to the actors: screenplay

a short film advertising another film: trailer

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film ²

film² v [I and T]

to use a camera to record a story or real events so that it can be shown in the cinema or on television

▪ The love scenes are sensitively filmed.

▪ She's in Zimbabwe filming a documentary for the BBC.

▪ a thriller filmed entirely on location in Washington

>filming n [U]

▪ Filming starts in October.

film over phr v

if your eyes film over, they become covered with a thin layer of liquid