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Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary
film
1 different kinds of film
2 what you see and hear in a film
3 making a film
4 seeing a film
see also VIDEO, PHOTOGRAPH
1 different kinds of film
- a story, play, etc which is told in moving pictures: film, (especially AmE) movie
Let's go out and see a film. ◎ an entertaining/exciting/enjoyable film ◎ a boring film ◎ a film critic (= a person who tells the public what is good or bad about a film)
| A FILM THAT ※¦ | IS CALLED A ※¦ | | gives facts and information about something | documentary | | uses drawings which appear to move | cartoon | | has no spoken words | silent film/movie | | people make themselves for fun | home movie | | is very exciting | thriller | | makes people afraid | horror film | | is about cowboys in the west of the USA | western | | is amusing and has a happy ending | comedy | | includes singing and dancing | musical |
- a film which continues the story of a previous one: sequel (to sth)
- a film of a story which has been filmed before: remake (of sth)
- a short film which advertises a longer film: trailer (for sth)
2 what you see and hear in a film
- the words and actions of an actor in a film: part, role
His ambition is to play the part of King Lear. ◎ Sean Connery, in the role of James Bond
- the events of a story in a film, play, etc: plot
a simple/complicated plot ◎ I couldn't follow the plot.
- one part of a film in which a particular event happens, or in which the events happen in a particular place: scene
the fight scenes ◎ the bedroom scene
- the way a story ends: ending
a happy/sad ending
- the techniques that are used to make things look or sound real: special effects
They won a prize for the special effects - the dinosaurs were really frightening.
- a song or music that is often repeated in a film and becomes associated with it: theme song, theme music (noun U)
- the words of a film, usually translated from another language, that you see at the bottom of the screen: subtitles (noun plural)
The film had English subtitles.
- to change a film so that the words are said in a different language: dub sth
I don't like films that are dubbed into English. I prefer subtitles.
- the list of the names of the people who made a film, which is shown at the beginning or the end of the film: the credits (noun plural)
Everyone left as soon as the credits came up.
3 making a film
- the industry that makes films for showing in the cinema, or films considered as an art form: the cinema (noun singular), (especially AmE) the movies (noun plural)
She moved to Hollywood because she wanted to work in the movies.
- a man/woman who plays a part in a film: actor; a female actor can also be called an actress
- a very well-known film actor or actress: (film) star; to take an important part in a film: star (in sth); to have a particular actor or actress in the main part in a film: star sb
The film stars Sylvester Stallone.
- with many famous actors: all-star (adjective, only before a noun)
an all-star cast
- one of two or more stars in a film: co-star; to be a co-star with sb else: co-star (with sb); to have two or more people as co-stars: co-star sb
He co-starred with Marlon Brando. ◎ The film co-stars Hugh Grant and Andi McDowell.
- a person who has a very small part in a film: extra
They used hundreds of extras for the crowd scenes.
- a man who does dangerous or difficult things in a film in the place of another actor: stuntman (plural stuntmen); a woman who does this: stuntwoman (plural stuntwomen)
- all the actors in a film: the cast (with singular or plural verb)
- to choose the people who will act the different parts in a particular film: cast (a film), cast sb (as sb/sth)
They haven't finished casting yet. ◎ He was cast as a Roman soldier in 'Ben Hur'.
- the way that sb acts in a play or film: performance
She gave a brilliant/terrible/inspired performance.
※ more on actors and acting ACT 2
- the person who tells the actors, etc what to do: (film/movie) director; his/her job is to direct the film
Stephen Spielberg is one of the world's most famous directors. ◎ He directed the film as well as acting in it.
- the person who organizes the business side of making a film: producer; his/her job is to produce the film
- a person who writes for films, television or radio, etc: scriptwriter; his/her job is to write the script, screenplay
- the person who cuts and arranges parts of a film in a particular order: editor; his/her job is to edit the film
- the piece of equipment that is used to make a film: camera
- a man who operates a film camera: cameraman (plural cameramen); a woman who does this: camerawoman (plural camerawomen)
- to make a film: film (sb/sth), shoot* (sb/sth)
Filming lasted six months. ◎ They shot the whole film in six months.
- the building where a film is made: studio (plural studios)
- the specially built rooms, buildings or scenery where the events of a film take place: set
4 seeing a film
- when you watch a film, you see* it
Have you seen 'Jurassic Park'?
- a building where people go to see a film: cinema (AmE movie house, movie theater)
※ more on cinemas CINEMA
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- the first time that a film is shown to the public: premiere
- an event when different films are shown in a short period of time: festival
the Cannes Film Festival
- the technique of making drawings appear to move in a film: animation (noun U); made using this technique: animated
Donald Duck is one of Walt Disney's most famous animated characters.
- when the action in a film is made to seem much slower than it really is, it is in slow motion
- an official who removes parts of a film that might offend people, and decides whether or not everyone should be allowed to see it: censor; to do this job: censor sth; the process of doing this: censorship (noun U)
I don't really approve of censorship but I think there is too much sex and violence in some films.
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