Motion Picture
A Motion Picture is a prerecorded visual narrative art.
- AKA: Film, Movie.
- Context:
- It can range from being a Short Film to being a Long Film.
- It can range from being a Fiction Film to being a Non-Fiction Film.
- It can be associated with a Movie Rating.
- It can (often) utilize various Cinematic Techniques including Editing, Cinematography, and Sound Design.
- It can (typically) be distributed for viewing in Movie Theaters, on Television, or via Streaming Services.
- It can (often) be a significant part of Cultural Identity and Public Discourse.
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- Example(s):
- Genre Films:
- Science Fiction Film, such as Blade Runner 2049 (2017), exploring futuristic themes.
- Horror Film, like The Shining (1980), focusing on supernatural and psychological terror.
- Length-Based:
- a Short Film, like Piper (2016), which uses concise storytelling to deliver its message.
- a Long Film, such as Gone with the Wind (1939), known for its extended narrative.
- Content-Based:
- a Documentary Film, such as Titicut Follies (1967), providing a factual report on real-life events.
- a Fiction Long Film, such as Blue Velvet, 1986, a mystery thriller with complex narrative layers.
- Technology-Based:
- an Animated Film, like Toy Story (1995), utilizing advanced computer animation.
- an Epic Film, such as Lawrence of Arabia (1962), known for its grand scale and use of 70mm film stock.
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- Genre Films:
- Counter-Example(s):
- a Play or Opera, which are live performances rather than prerecorded.
- a Novel, which is a literary form without visual or auditory components.
- a Music Video, which although contains visual elements, is primarily designed to promote a song rather than narrate a story.
- a Video Game, which, although visual, is interactive and not typically narrative-driven in the traditional sense.
- See: Film Industry, Visual Art, Filmmaking, Animation, Computer-Generated Imagery, Computer Animation, Cinematography.
References
2023
- (Wikipedia, 2023) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/film Retrieved:2023-7-17.
- A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound and, more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and the art form that is the result of it.
2021
- (Wikipedia, 2021) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/film Retrieved:2021-6-3.
- A film, also called a movie, motion picture or moving picture, is a work of visual art used to simulate experiences that communicate ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound, and more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it.
The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects.
Traditionally, films were recorded onto celluloid film stock through a photochemical process and then shown through a movie projector onto a large screen. Contemporary films are often fully digital through the entire process of production, distribution, and exhibition, while films recorded in a photochemical form traditionally included an analogous optical soundtrack (a graphic recording of the spoken words, music and other sounds that accompany the images which runs along a portion of the film exclusively reserved for it, and is not projected).
Films are cultural artifacts created by specific cultures. They reflect those cultures, and, in turn, affect them. Film is considered to be an important art form, a source of popular entertainment, and a powerful medium for educating—or indoctrinating—citizens. The visual basis of film gives it a universal power of communication. Some films have become popular worldwide attractions through the use of dubbing or subtitles to translate the dialog into other languages.
The individual images that make up a film are called frames. In the projection of traditional celluloid films, a rotating shutter causes intervals of darkness as each frame, in turn, is moved into position to be projected, but the viewer does not notice the interruptions because of an effect known as persistence of vision, whereby the eye retains a visual image for a fraction of a second after its source disappears. The perception of motion is partly due to a psychological effect called the phi phenomenon.
The name "film" originates from the fact that photographic film (also called film stock) has historically been the medium for recording and displaying motion pictures. Many other terms exist for an individual motion-picture, including picture, picture show, moving picture, photoplay, and flick. The most common term in the United States is movie, while in Europe film is preferred. Common terms for the field in general include the big screen, the silver screen, the movies, and cinema; the last of these is commonly used, as an overarching term, in scholarly texts and critical essays. In early years, the word sheet was sometimes used instead of screen. 'Film' in general is not a good term to refer to a long standard commercial video production since it’s ambiguous in general and therefore requires context for correct interpretation.
- A film, also called a movie, motion picture or moving picture, is a work of visual art used to simulate experiences that communicate ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound, and more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word "cinema", short for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and to the art form that is the result of it.