Film

Initially, moving pictures meant only the movement that is perceived when a string of celluloid-recorded images are projected at a rate of 16 or more frames per second (see persistence of vision). Today, motion pictures (or "movies") are an art form, as well as one of the most popular forms of entertainment.

A feature film is usually defined as being more than 60 minutes in length.

Opportunities to see a feature film include:

• going to a movie theater
• watching it on TV
• renting[?] or buying a video tape or DVD
• downloading one from internet and watching it on the computer display

History of Cinema

Originally moving picture film was shot at a nominal 16 frames per second, but was changed to 24 frames per second with the introduction of sound. Other improvements since the late 1800s include the mechanization of cameras, allowing them to record at a consistent speed, the invention of more sophisticated filmstocks, allowing directors to film in increasingly dim conditions, and the development of synch sound[?], allowing sound to be recorded at the same speed as its corresponding video. Since the advent of many other media technologies, film may include a broad range of media--both linear and non-linear, dramatic and informational, motion and still (though progressive).

Academy Awards

Common terms

Animation

Digital cinema

Film criticism

Film festivals

Film genres

Film history

Film institutes

Film production

Film styles

Film technique

Film theory

List of gay movies

Special effects

Top grossing movies

Top-grossing movies in the United States

An incomplete list of films covered in Wikipedia

Film people:

Actors

Film crew

film criticism

Film directors

Screenwriter

Movie studio

Experimental filmmaker

topics to be covered

• Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince[?]
• Etienne-Jules Marey[?]
• Cinema pre-history: chronophotography[?], etc.

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See also

• 1960s movies
• 1970s movies
• 1980s movies
• 1990s movies
• Ain't It Cool News
• Airlines at the movies
• Athletes in movies
• Bollywood
• Film history
• Hollywood
• List of 'years in film'
• Movie theater
• Photographic film
• Entertainment law

External link

• The IMDb (Internet Movie Database) (http://www.imdb.com) for information on specific motion pictures.
• About Gay Movies (http://www.aboutgaymovies.info/): information about gay themed movies and tv-series, gay movie history, wallpapers, actors, glbt filmfestivals, sweepstakes and more
• Rotten Tomatoes (http://www.rottentomatoes.com) for an overview of reviews of a film

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Film is also the name of a specific film, scripted by Samuel Beckett; see Film (movie).