Motion Picture

Definition: Motion Picture

Motion Picture

Noun

1. A form of entertainment that enacts a story by a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement; "they went to a movie every Saturday night"; "the film was shot on location".

Synonyms: Motion Picture

Synonyms: film (n), flick (n), movie (n), moving picture (n), pic (n), picture (n), picture show (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Motion Picture

English words defined with "motion picture": clapperboard ♦ film clip, filmable ♦ Kinetoscope ♦ Oscar ♦ preview, prevue ♦ screening, showing, soundtrack ♦ trailer ♦ viewing. (references)

Specialty definitions using "motion picture": ADVANCE AGENT, analytical photography, artist consultant, ARTIST'S MANAGER, artist's representative, assistant camera operator, AUDIO-VIDEO REPAIRER, audiovisual equipment operator, AUDIOVISUAL TECHNICIAN, audiovisual-aids technician, audiovisual-equipment operator ♦ BIOLOGICAL PHOTOGRAPHER, board operator, BUSINESS MANAGER ♦ CAMERA OPERATOR, ANIMATION, CAMERA OPERATOR, TITLE, CAPTION WRITER, Cellulose nitrate film, CHIEF PROJECTIONIST, Cineradiography, cinetechnician, cinetechnician supervisor, COMMUNICATIONS TECHNICIAN ♦ daily release and dupe printer, director, dance, DIRECTOR, MUSIC ♦ editing-machine operator, editor, sound ♦ FILM INSPECTOR, FILM OR VIDEOTAPE EDITOR, FILM PRINTER, film technician, FILM-REPLACEMENT ORDERER, FILM-VAULT SUPERVISOR, FRERES ♦ GARDENER, SPECIAL EFFECTS AND INSTRUCTION MODELS, Gigawatt ♦ INSPECTOR, PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT, inspector, precision ♦ laboratory contact supervisor, LIGHT TECHNICIAN, lip synchronisation, LOCATION MANAGER ♦ MACHINIST, MOTION-PICTURE EQUIPMENT, MAKE-UP ARTIST, MANAGER, STATION, miniature-set builder, MINIATURE-SET CONSTRUCTOR, mixer operator, model-set artist, Motion Picture Experts Group, motion picture film, MOTION-PICTURE PROJECTIONIST, motion-picture-camera repairer, music department head, music mixer, musical director ♦ operator, lights, OPTICAL-EFFECTS LAYOUT PERSON, optical-effects-line-up person ♦ painter, set, PAINTER, STAGE SETTINGS, PATROL JUDGE, personal agent, personal manager, PHOTOGRAPHER, SCIENTIFIC, PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT TECHNICIAN, positive printer operator, process projectionist, PRODUCER, ASSISTANT, PROPERTY CUSTODIAN ♦ quality-control projectionist ♦ radiographer, cardiac catheterization, reel-film inspector ♦ scenario writer, SCREEN WRITER, SCRIPT SUPERVISOR, script writer, set electrician, assistant chief, set-model builder, SOUND CUTTER, sound effects, SOUND MIXER, SPECIAL EFFECTS SPECIALIST, SPECIAL PROCEDURES TECHNOLOGIST, CARDIAC CATHETERIZATION, special vascular imaging technologis, still image, STORY EDITOR, studio engineer, studio technician, subtitle writer, SUPERVISOR, COSTUMING, SUPERVISOR, CUTTING AND SPLICING, SUPERVISOR, FILM PROCESSING, SUPERVISOR, MOTION-PICTURE EQUIPMENT ♦ theater projectionist. (references)

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Modern Usage: Motion Picture

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	We're doing a goddamn Paramount motion picture, and we can't put on fog and lights at the same time? (Making of 'Jackass: The Movie'; writing credit: Danny Miller) Soon to be a major motion picture starring Gale Weathers! (Scream 2; writing credit: Kevin Williamson)
Movie/TV Titles	1955 Motion Picture Theatre Celebration (1955) The Case Against the 20% Federal Admissions Tax on Motion Picture Theatres (1953) Inc. Screen Snapshots: Motion Picture Mothers (1949) First Motion Picture Unit (1943) The Making of a Great Motion Picture (1936)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Motion Picture

Domain	Title
References	The 2000-2005 Outlook for Motion Picture Production, Distribution, and Theaters in Asia (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	Soon to Be a Major Motion Picture (reference) The Film Director: Updated for Today's Filmmaker, the Classic, Practical Reference to Motion Picture and Television Techniques (reference) The Horse Whisperer: An Illustrated Companion to the Major Motion Picture (reference) The Motion Picture Prescription: Watch This Movie and Call Me in the Morning: 200 Movies to Help You Heal L Ife's Problems (reference) The Practical Art of Motion Picture Sound (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Eiga Terebi Gijutsu = Motion Picture & Tv Engineering (reference) Motion Picture Investor (reference) Motion Picture Rating Directory (reference) Whos Who In The Motion Picture Industry (reference) (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies	Star Trek - The Motion Picture (The Director's Edition) (Widescreen) (reference) Tekken - The Motion Picture (Uncut Version) (reference) The Nutcracker: The Motion Picture (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Hearts in Atlantis: Original Motion Picture Score [SOUNDTRACK] (reference) Conan The Barbarian: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack [SOUNDTRACK] (reference) So I Married An Axe Murderer: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack [SOUNDTRACK] (reference) The Legend of Bagger Vance: Music from the Motion Picture (2000 Film) [SOUNDTRACK] (reference) Abandon (Music from the Motion Picture) [SOUNDTRACK] (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech	Ariston iView USB Motion Picture and Still Image Capture Device (reference) (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Motion Picture

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Photo Album: Motion Picture

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	The forward magazines of USS Arizona (BB-39) explode after she was hit by a Japanese bomb, Dec. 7, 1941. Frame clipped from a color motion picture taken from on board USS Solace (AH-5). (Navy archive photo).		Diagonal view of orchestra, proscenium and stage, curtains open. Copy of 1928 photo of completed theater interior, by Canfield and Shook, photographers, courtesy of Drew Eberson, Stamford, Connecticut. (Reproduction Number: HABS, KY,56-LOUVI,17-47) Going to the movies became quite an event in the 1920s. Large, urban motion picture "palaces" originally incorporated all the amenities found in live theaters, even out-doing them in scale and opulence and adding concert hall features such as great electric pipe organs and elaborately decorated lobbies. The Loew's Theatre chain hired nationally-known theater architect John Eberson, who designed this 1928 theater in a Spanish influenced style called Churrigueresque. Credit: Library of Congress.
	Caption: A.F. Wagner in His Office at Thomas A. Edison , Ltd., Motion Picture Office in London England; London, England; Unknown Date; {23.300/19} (jpg).		Caption: Strips of Motion Picture Film in Batchelor Notebook, EDIS-1337. Full Shot; Unknown Date; {23.435/37} (jpg).
	Motion pictures in medicine. : Bureau of Commercial Economics motion picture outfit in front of the Washington Monument. Credit: National Library of Medicine.		American Red Cross Allied Theatrical Motion Picture Team. Credit: National Library of Medicine.
	Sliding down the building ways during her launching, at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 20 November 1919. Note group on the christening stand in the lower right, including the ship's sponsor, Mrs. R.T. Zane (at left), a Navy Captain lifting his hat to the ship, a motion picture cameraman and a Navy bugler. Credit: NAVY.		The forward magazines of USS Arizona (BB-39) explode after she was hit by a Japanese bomb, 7 December 1941. Frame clipped from a color motion picture taken from on board USS Solace (AH-5). Credit: NAVY.
	The Gaumont Co. L'T'D. London presents the motion picture records of the undying story of Capt. Scott and animal life in the Antarctic / The Morgan Lith. Co., Cleveland, O. Credit: Library of Congress.		Shopping center and motion picture theater integrated with the architecture of the federal housing project at Greenbelt, Md. Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Motion Picture

Subject	Topic	Quote
Civil Liberties	Iceland	The law bans the production, exhibition, distribution, or sale of "violent" movies, which "strive to show mistreatment or the brutal killing of men or animals." A six-member Motion Picture Review Committee, appointed by the Minister of Education and Culture, reviews all movies before they are shown and rates their suitability for children. (references)
Economic History	Italy	There are some 10,000 motion picture theaters in Italy and many regularly show advertising. (references)
	Sweden	Other forms, useful for certain types of products, are point-of-sale advertising, motion picture advertising, outdoor posters, and billboards. (references)
Political Economy	SPAIN	Spain has a low incidence of motion picture, i.e. video, and audiocassette piracy. (references)
	PERU	Industry data show that piracy in the software and motion picture industries has declined sharply since the mid-1990s. (references)
	PERU	However, textbooks, books on technical subjects, audiocassettes, motion picture videos and software are widely pirated. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: Motion Picture

Speaker	Phrase(s)
Art Linkletter	Makes me wonder. When I see the figures on the amount of money that pornography films make a year, more than the motion picture business.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Expressions: Motion Picture

Expressions using "motion picture": motion Picture Experts Group ♦ motion picture film ♦ motion picture producer ♦ slow motion picture ♦ Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Motion Picture

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
rave motion picture	619	chicago motion picture	12
motion picture	149	motion picture rating	12
motion picture association of america	44	motion picture industry	12
academy of motion picture arts and science	42	motion picture waterfall	11
motion picture suncoast	38	company motion picture	10
motion picture soundtrack	34	dragonball motion picture z	9
motion picture director	34	motion picture rewind	9
suncoast motion picture company	34	adventure in motion picture	9
association motion picture	26	fund motion picture television	9
history of motion picture	24	health motion picture welfare	9
academy motion picture	22	motion picture equipment	8
motion picture camera	20	motion picture storage	8
motion picture rave theater	20	35mm camera motion picture	8
star trek the motion picture	19	hospital motion picture	8
motion picture swank	19	distribution motion picture	8
suncoast motion picture co	18	motion picture valhalla	7
tekken the motion picture	16	health motion picture	6
hamburger motion picture	16	motion picture editor guild	6
motion picture studio	16	motion picture projector	6
fatal fury the motion picture	14	motion picture samurai x	6
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Motion Picture

Language		Translations for "motion picture"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaans		rolprent (film, motion, movie), prent (film, motion, movie), film (film, motion, movie). (various references)

Albanian		film (cinema, film, movie, moving pictures, picture, pictures). (various references)

Bulgarian		филм (film, flickers, movie, moving pictures, picture, roll film, show), кино (cinema, movies, moving pictures, picture palace, picture theatre, pix, the pictures). (various references)

Czech		film (cartridge, cinematography, coating, film, movie, movies, moving picture, picture). (various references)

Danish		film (film, movie). (various references)

Dutch		rolprent (film, movie), film (film, film strip, movie), bewegende beelden (motion pictures, moving picture). (various references)

Esperanto		filmo (film, movie). (various references)

Finnish		elokuva (film, movie, picture). (various references)

French		film (movie, moving picture). (various references)

German		Film (film, flick, movie, movieUS, pellicle, picture, release). (various references)

Greek		κινηματογράφος (cinema, cinematograph, cinematograph camera, moving picture). (various references)

Hawaiian		film (film, movie). (various references)

Hebrew		קול� וע (cinema, screen), ראי� וע (cinema). (various references)

Hungarian		mozifilm (movie, moving pictures, pix). (various references)

Italian		film (film, motion, movie, movies, picture). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		�'�影機 (motion picture camera), � 倫 (Motion Picture Code of Ethics Committee), 大� (Daiei Motion Picture Company). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		さつえいき (motion picture camera), えいり�" (forest management, Motion Picture Code of Ethics Committee), � いえい (Daiei Motion Picture Company, poetry composed on a set theme). (various references)

Malay		film (film, movie). (various references)

Manx		jalloo roie. (various references)

Norwegian		film (film, movie). (various references)

Papiamen		pelíkula (film, movie). (various references)

Pig Latin		otionmay icturepay

Polish		film (film, movie). (various references)

Portuguese		película (coat, film, movie, skin), imagem em movimento (moving picture), filme cinematográfico, filme (film, movie, roll of film). (various references)

Romanian		film (celluloid, film, movie, moving picture, moving pictures, pageant, picture, picture show). (various references)

Russian		кинокартина. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		film (cinema, film, movie, picture: moving pictures). (various references)

Spanish		película (film, flick, movie, pellicle, picture, reel). (various references)

Swedish		film (cine, cine film, film, flick, flicks, movie, moving picture, pic, picture, scum). (various references)

Turkish		sinema filmi (cine film). (various references)

Welsh		ffilm (film, movie). (various references)

Zulu		ilifilimu (film, movie), ifilimu (film, movie). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Motion Picture

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "c-e-i-i-m-n-o-o-p-r-t-t-u"
	-2 letters: competition, mucoprotein.
	-3 letters: competitor, countertop, optometric, protection.
	-4 letters: entoproct, importune, inotropic, microtone, tricotine.
	-5 letters: computer, contempt, contrite, entropic, epitomic, eruption, impotent, inceptor, intercom, intercut, intermit, intromit, motioner, neuritic, neurotic, orpiment, outpoint, outprice, pecorini, pecorino, pentomic, periotic, petition, pimiento, pointier, printout, pronotum, protonic, pumicite, remotion, termitic, tincture, toreutic, triticum, unerotic, unpoetic, urinemic.
	Words containing the letters "c-e-i-i-m-n-o-o-p-r-t-t-u"
	+2 letters: computerization.
	+3 letters: computerizations.
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