Films

See also photography.

atmospherics

special effects, extras, and the like used in order to establish an intended background or mood for a film.

bioscope

1. a film projector of the early 20th century.

2. British. a motion-picture theater.

cinematics

the art or principles of making motion pictures.

cinematography

the art or technique of motion-picture photography. —cinematographer, cinematographist, n. —cinematographic, adj.

cinemese

language typical of the cinema, as that used in film dialogue or in film criticism.

cinephilia

avid moviegoing. —cinephile, n., adj.

kinematograph, kinetograph

a motion-picture camera.

nickelodeon

an early name for a cinema, so called because of the five-cent admission charge. See also music.

praxinoscope

an instrument that represents the effect of moving images on a screen.

scenarist

the writer of scenarios, story lines for motion pictures.

tachyscope

a type of kinescope that presents the effect of moving pictures by use of a rotating glass plate with images attached to it.

vitascope

an early form of motion-picture projector.

zoopraxiscope

an early form of motion-picture projector.