Phrase Hound found 125 phrases and 96 compound words that contain film. The most common are listed below. Open film in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 125
- feature filmThe main, full-length film in a cinema program that also included a short film and often a newsreel. As of now, it plays after the trailers.
- film directorA person who directs and supervises the production of a movie, especially as profession.
- short filmAny motion picture not long enough to be considered a feature film.
- film industryThe technological and commercial institutions of filmmaking.
- thin filmA layer of material deposited on a substrate as a coating of one atom or one molecule in thickness.
- war filmA cinematic production with a wartime setting or theme.
- Sex film
- film setThe enclosure in which a film scene is shot; includes scenery and props.
- sound filmA film with sound, as opposed to a silent film
- Film-festival
- film rightsUnder copyright law, legal ownership of permission to produce a film as a derivative work of a given item of intellectual property.
- film noirA film genre characterized by low-key lighting, a bleak urban setting, and corrupt, cynical or desperate characters.
- film speedA measure of a film's sensitivity to light; faster films needing shorter exposures
- horror filmSynonym of horror movie: A motion picture which entertains by horrifying or frightening the audience.
- adult filmA pornographic film.
- silent filmA film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially spoken dialogue.
- film outTo transfer images or animation from videotape or digital files to a traditional celluloid film print.
- film makingAlternative spelling of filmmaking: The activity of preparing edited video works, formerly principally films, whether for entertainment or other purposes.
- Film production
- blood filmA thin layer of blood spread on a microscope slide for examination of the various blood cells and detection of parasites.
- Independent-film
- film starA movie star.
- Documentary Film
- film-makersplural of film-maker: A producer or director of films/movies.
- action filmSynonym of action movie: A motion picture whose storyline involves fast-paced activity and conflict, usually including such elements as a heroic protagonist, violent fights, acrobatic stunts, chase scenes, and gunplay.
Compound words 96
- filmmakingThe activity of preparing edited video works, formerly principally films, whether for entertainment or other purposes.
- filmstripA length of film containing individual photographs or diagrams intended to be shown in sequence as instruction or as a visual aid.
- filmyResembling or made of a thin film; gauzy.
- biofilmA structured community of microorganisms, such as bacteria, that adhere to a surface and are embedded in a self-produced protective matrix of mucuslike extracellular material.
- filmworksA place where films are made.
- filmicOf or relating to movies; cinematic.
- clingfilmLight, transparent plastic film used as a wrapping for food, etc.
- filmlessWithout film.
- filmsetTo typeset by exposing type characters onto photographic film, which is then used to generate printing plates.
- misfilmTo make an error when microfilming documents.