| Definition/Meaning | Word/Phrase |
|---|
| movie with images having three dimensional form or appearance |
3-D
,
3D
,
three-D
|
| pornographic movie |
adult movie
,
blue movie
,
stag film
,
X-rated movie
|
| summary of the subject or plot of a literary work or play or movie |
argument
,
literary argument
|
| movie, low-budget |
B movie
,
B picture
|
| kind of early movie projector |
bioscope
|
| South African movie theater |
bioscope
|
| unusually successful hit with widespread popularity and huge sales (especially a movie or play or recording or novel) |
blockbuster
,
megahit
,
smash hit
|
| photographer who operates a movie camera |
cameraman
,
camera operator
,
cinematographer
|
| translation of foreign dialogue of a movie or TV program; usually displayed at the bottom of the screen |
caption
,
subtitle
|
| choice of actors to play particular roles in a play or movie |
casting
|
| United States filmmaker who with his brothers founded the movie studio that produced the first talking picture (1881-1958) |
Charles Dudley Warner
,
Warner
|
| photographic film several hundred feet long and wound on a spool; to be used in a movie camera |
cine-film
,
motion-picture film
,
movie film
|
| movie theater |
cinema
|
| movie that shows ordinary people in actual activities without being controlled by a director |
cinema verite
|
| projector, movie |
cinematograph
|
| photographic equipment used to synchronize sound and motion picture; boards held in front of a movie camera are banged together |
clapperboard
|
| section of a video or movie |
clip
|
| close-range film or movie shot |
close-up
|
| movie that juxtaposes different kinds of footage |
collage film
|
| movie that is advertised to draw customers |
coming attraction
|
