- film
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun1 (esp. BrE) moving pictures ⇨ See also ↑movieADJECTIVE▪ long▪ short▪ feature-length▪ entertaining, exciting, good, great, interesting▪ blockbuster, successful▪ awful, bad, boring▪ epic▪ violent▪
She thought the film far too violent to show to children.
▪ R-rated (AmE), X-rated▪ animated▪ silent▪ black-and-white▪ big-budget, low-budget▪ Bollywood, Hollywood▪ independent, indie▪ television, video▪ action, adventure, children's, comedy, documentary, gangster, sci-fi▪ feature▪ porn, pornographic▪ horror, slasher, snuff▪ classic▪ cult▪ mainstream▪ foreign, foreign-language▪ upcoming (esp. AmE)VERB + FILM▪ see, view, watch▪ enjoy, like, love▪ go to (see), take sb to (see)▪ direct, make, produce, shoot▪She makes children's films.
▪The film was shot on location in Kenya.
▪ be in, do▪Cruise does around four films a year.
▪ take▪film taken by security cameras
▪ cut, edit▪The film was heavily edited for screening on television.
▪ distribute, release, screen, show▪The film was finally released after weeks of protest by religious groups.
▪ promote▪ ban, censorFILM + VERB▪ be on, show▪There's an interesting film on at the multiplex.
▪ come out, open, premiere▪The film came out last week.
▪ be based on sth▪a film based on the novel by Charles Potter
▪ be called sth, be entitled sth▪a film entitled ‘Bitter Moon’
▪ capture sth▪The film manages to capture the mood of the times.
▪ contain sth, include sth▪The film contains explicit scenes of violence.
▪ depict sth, portray sth, present sth, represent sth, show sth▪The film depicts immense courage amid the horrors of war.
▪ tell sth▪This film tells the remarkable story of a disabled actor.
▪ feature sb, star sb▪The film stars Nicole Kidman as a nightclub singer.
▪ record sth▪a film recording the first powered flight
▪ deal with sth▪a film dealing with old age
▪ open▪The film opens with a bird's-eye shot of London.
▪ end▪ be a hit, be a success▪ be nominated for sthFILM + NOUN▪ director, editor, maker, people, producer, writer▪The script has plenty of what film people call ‘bankability’.
▪ crew, team, unit▪ world▪ actor, actress, legend, star▪ part, role▪ career, debut, work▪ credits▪We stayed for the film credits
▪His film credits (= the films he has made) as director include ‘Mood Music’ and ‘Lies’.
▪ critic, reviewer▪ review▪ buff, fan, lover▪ premiere▪ censor, censorship▪ screenplay, script▪ music, score, soundtrack▪ narrative▪ scene▪ stunt▪He was killed when a film stunt went wrong.
▪ poster▪ studio▪ set▪They built a massive film set of an airport.
▪ adaptation, version▪the film version of the best-selling novel
▪ classic▪the film classic ‘Fantasia’
▪ documentary, drama▪ genre▪ clip, footage, sequence▪ report▪The news always contains several film reports.
▪ series▪the ‘Star Wars’ film series
▪ archives, library▪ business, company, industry▪ mogul▪Tyrannical Hollywood film moguls ruled their stars' lives.
▪ distributor▪ making, production▪ festival▪ show▪ awards▪ camera, equipment, projector, recorder▪ rights▪The scramble for the film rights to her next novel has already begun.
▪ school, studentPREPOSITION▪ in a/the film▪There is a great car chase in the film.
▪ on film▪They captured the incident on film.
▪ film about▪a film about Nelson Mandela
▪ film from▪a film from Spanish director Luis Eduardo Aute
▪ film of▪They've just started shooting a film of the novel.
▪ film with▪a film with an all-star cast
PHRASES▪ the beginning of the film, the end of the film▪ be in films (= work in the film industry)▪ the climax of a film▪ the plot of a film▪ a film with subtitles▪ the screening of a film, the showing of a film2 used for taking photographsADJECTIVE▪ black-and-white, colour/color▪ fast▪Fast film is best for action shots.
▪ 35 mm, etc.… OF FILM▪ reel, roll▪a roll of 35 mm film
VERB + FILM▪ load, put in▪ remove, take out▪ rewind▪ develop, process▪I get my film developed locally.
▪ expose▪In the darkroom they found that only half the film had been exposed.
▪ splice▪He spliced the two lengths of film together.
3 thin layer of a substance/materialADJECTIVE▪ fine, thin▪ surface▪ plasticVERB + FILM▪ be covered in, be covered with▪The books were covered in a thin film of dust.
PREPOSITION▪ film of▪{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}There was a fine film of sweat on her forehead.
verbADVERB▪ secretly▪The controversial experiment involved secretly filming a group of children.
▪ on location▪The serial was filmed on location in Italy.
PHRASES▪ beautifully filmed▪fast-paced, well acted and beautifully filmed in the Blue Ridge Mountains
Film is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑cameraFilm is used with these nouns as the object: ↑adaptation, ↑documentary, ↑episode, ↑movie, ↑scene, ↑sequence, ↑series, ↑video
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
