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motion picture

[ moh-shuhn pik-cher ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Movies.
1. a sequence of consecutive still images photographed in a series by a specially designed camera motion-picture camera and thrown on a screen by a projector motion-picture projector in such rapid succession as to give the illusion of natural movement:
  Jean Cocteau produced some of the most innovative motion pictures of the postwar era.
2. such a video sequence recorded and played in other media formats, as VHS or digital video:
  Critics have given mixed reviews to the new trend of feature-length motion pictures shot on smartphones.
a story, event, or the like, presented in this form:
The motion picture is adapted from the novel of the same name.
motion pictures, the art, technique, or business of producing motion pictures:
The Academy honors achievement in motion pictures every year at the Oscars.

motion picture

Also calledfilm
1. a sequence of images of moving objects photographed by a camera and providing the optical illusion of continuous movement when projected onto a screen
2. a form of entertainment, information, etc, composed of such a sequence of images and shown in a cinema, etc

First recorded in 1890–95

This year McQueen picked up three Oscars (including best picture) for his third motion picture 12 Years A Slave.

One such message was communicated by a Tweet from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences screened it!

In addition, the Academy [of Motion Picture Arts And Sciences] has expanded their definition of what they define as a documentary.

This is your first big starring role in a major motion picture.

Hartson Brant, in the rear seat, had a motion-picture camera poised.

Suddenly a motion-picture camera man bobs up from somewhere.

I go to bed cursing the motion-picture industry, the makers of film, and those responsible for camera men.

All sorts and conditions of men armed with pads, pencils, motion-picture cameras, still cameras.

I can see one intrepid motion-picture camera man at the door as the crowd starts to swarm.

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