Is there a difference between a movie and a film?
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tony alonso
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This is a difference between a movie and a film. Although there are many differences between the two if you just look at the basic definitions, the biggest differences between the two can be summed up as a movie can be of lesser quality, can be home-made, can sometimes be shorter than a film, can be digitally made now-a-days, and it is not something necessarily made for being presented in a theater. A film on the other hand is something that has typically been made because it is going to be shown in a theater with the intent that someone will pay to go see it. It has also been named as such given that they have historically been made using something called "photographic film" or "filmstock". The shift from "film" to "movie" might be attributed to the shift in format used to make a movie. Lastly, a feature film is something that is over 90 minutes in length. A movie has no time requirements as does a feature film.
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Not really - the words may be used interchangeably. Film: refers to the film stock used to record images (noun), a movie with or without soundtrack (noun), or to make a movie (verb). Movie: refers to a film with or without a soundtrack (noun), a theatre where moving pictures are shown (noun), or a branch of the entertainment industry (noun). People used to go to the moving pictures, which were made from a series of images recorded on film stock. But the words 'movie' and 'film' have became interchangeable over time. Of course, moving pictures do not need to be recorded on film, as hand-drawn flip books and early mechanical moving picture systems predate film. However, moving pictures made using these older methods are limited in length. Animated films / movies may be created from images drawn by hand directly on transparent film stock or by scratching images and patterns onto the emulsion on undeveloped film stock. Films / movies can be made using computer animation, a process which permits the physical film stock to be eliminated.
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There is a big difference. Film" refers to the celluloid media on which movies are printed. If a person says i am going to watch a film, it indirectly refers to the movie which is printed on the film.
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Ignoring all the meanings of "film" that mean simply a thin skin, coating, or layer... There is no substantive difference in meaning between "film" and "movie", inasmuch as either can refer to the same kind of thing: "the new Harry Potter film"; "the new Harry Potter movie". There seems to be a usage difference between the U.S. and the UK, given that "movie" is an abbreviated form of "moving picture", a synonym of "motion picture": The U.S. has The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; the UK, The British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Although "movie" is increasingly used in the UK, and "film" is used in such genre labels as "film noir" in the U.S. - "movie noir" just doesn't sound right! Any attempt to make a distinction based on length seems spurious. However, "film" does have an additional meaning, describing one medium that can be used to make a motion picture - a strip of transparent material coated with a light-sensitive emulsion - as distinct from video tape.
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"Film" is British English, "movie" is American English.
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I might be wrong on this one, but if you are talking about sitting down to watch a film or a movie, a film is shorter than a movie.
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"Movies being guilty entertainment, most often having been made for the sole purpose of making money and Films being a work of art, most often having been made with this goal in mind."
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yes...one is simply a structure, the other is a place you attach emotional content to
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The difference between a film and a movie is simple: movies are generally made to produce money, whereas films are made, typically speaking, as a means to convey a story. To put simply, the debate between a film and a movie comes down between commericalism and art. This leads to a sticky situation.If a film is released and gathers huge profits (say Psycho), than it may be classified as movie; this is in contrast to the number of innovations Psycho made to the film genre.
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"Movie" is the proper US-mainly-used word for "cinema film" (or film). http://dictionary.cambridge.org/define.asp?key=28838&dict=CALD Look in the 2 posted links above. :-) (had to remove a link because both appeared without the vars (what after the "...asp?"). Just look up the two words, film and movie, there.
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I call it a film, a movie, or a flick depending on the importance of it. For instance, I wouldn't call Schindler's List a flick. And, I wouldn't call Freddy Got Fingered a film.
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I think it depends upon which side of the pond your on,normally it will be refered to as a "Film" in the UK,"Movie" is an Americanism,which as found its way over to us over the years.The same can be said of "Pictures" and "Cinema". You say 'ether' and I say 'ither'.
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