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A film, or motion picture, is a visual art form that conveys experiences and ideas through moving images, typically synchronized with sound. The term 'film' originally referred to the photochemical emulsion on celluloid strips, while various alternative terms exist, such as 'movie' and 'flick'. The creation of films involves capturing scenes with cameras or using animation techniques, and contemporary films are predominantly produced and exhibited digitally.

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A film, or motion picture, is a visual art form that conveys experiences and ideas through moving images, typically synchronized with sound. The term 'film' originally referred to the photochemical emulsion on celluloid strips, while various alternative terms exist, such as 'movie' and 'flick'. The creation of films involves capturing scenes with cameras or using animation techniques, and contemporary films are predominantly produced and exhibited digitally.

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A film, also known as a movie or motion picture,[a] is a work of visual art that simulates

experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, emotions, or atmosphere


through the use of moving images that are generally, since the 1930s, synchronized with
sound and (less commonly) other sensory stimulations.[1]

Etymology and alternative terms


The name "film" originally referred to the thin layer of photochemical emulsion [2] on the
celluloid strip that used to be the actual 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. Archaic terms include "animated pictures" and
"animated photography".[citation needed]

"Flick" is, in general a slang term, first recorded in 1926. It originates in the verb flicker, owing
to the flickering appearance of early films.[3]

Common terms for the field, in general, include "the big screen", "the movies", "the silver
screen", and "cinema"; the last of these is commonly used, as an overarching term, in scholarly
texts and critical essays. In the early years, the word "sheet" was sometimes used instead of
"screen".[citation needed]

The word "cinema" is borrowed from the French cinéma, an abbreviation


of cinématographe (term coined by the Lumière brothers in the 1890s), from Ancient
Greek meaning "recording movement". The word is today usually used to refer to either a
purpose-built venue for screening films, known as a movie theater in the US; the film industry;
the overall art form of specifically just filmmaking.

Recording and transmission of the film


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.

Before the introduction of digital production, a series of still images were recorded on a strip of
chemically sensitized celluloid (photographic film stock), usually at a rate of 24 frames per
second. The images are transmitted through a movie projector at the same rate as they were
recorded, with a Geneva drive ensuring that each frame remains still during its short projection
time. A rotating shutter causes stroboscopic intervals of darkness, but the viewer does not notice
the interruptions due to flicker fusion. The apparent motion on the screen is the result of the fact
that the visual sense cannot discern the individual images at high speeds, so the impressions of
the images blend with the dark intervals and are thus linked together to produce the illusion of
one moving image. An analogous optical soundtrack (a graphic recording of the spoken words,
music, and other sounds) runs along a portion of the film exclusively reserved for it, and was not
projected.
Contemporary films are usually fully digital through the entire process of production,
distribution, and exhibition.

History
Main articles: History of film technology, History of film, and Precursors of film
See also: History of animation
Precursors
The art of film has drawn on several earlier traditions in fields such as
oral storytelling, literature, theatre and visual arts. Forms of art and entertainment that had
already featured moving or projected images include:

 shadowgraphy, probably used since prehistoric times


 camera obscura, a natural phenomenon that has possibly been used as an artistic aid since
prehistoric times
 shadow puppetry, possibly originated around 200 BCE in Central Asia, India, Indonesia or
China
 The magic lantern, developed in the 1650s. The multi-media phantasmagoria shows that
magic lanterns were popular from 1790 throughout the first half of the 19th century and
could feature mechanical slides, rear projection, mobile
projectors, superimposition, dissolving views, live actors, smoke (sometimes to project
images upon), odors, sounds and even electric shocks.

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