film

noun

/fɪlm/

moving pictures

[countable] (especially British English)

(North American English usually movie)

a series of moving pictures recorded with sound that tells a story, watched at a cinema or on a television or other device电影；影片

Let's stay in and watch a film.咱们待在家里看电影吧。
We're going out to see a film.我们要出去看电影。
There's a good film on tonight (= showing at the cinema or on TV).今晚有一部好电影上映。
a horror/documentary/feature film恐怖片；纪录片；故事片
an action/animated film动作/动画电影
a silent film (= one recorded without sound)无声电影
a film about something As a student he made a short film about his home town.他读书时拍了一部关于家乡的短片。
to shoot/direct/produce a film拍摄／导演／制作电影
The film was shot on location in France.这部影片的外景是在法国拍的。
The film has been downloaded some 21 million times since its release.自上映以来，这部电影已被下载约 2100 万次。
a film crew/critic/director/producer电影摄制组／评论家／导演／制作人
an international film festival国际电影节
a film version/adaptation of a novel by Henry James亨利·詹姆斯小说的电影版本/改编
His film credits (= the films he has made) as director include ‘Mood Music’ and ‘Lies’.他作为导演拍摄的电影有《心情音乐》和《谎言》。
He's a great composer of film music.他是一位伟大的电影音乐作曲家。

see also feature film

Collocations Cinema/the moviesCinema/the moviesWatching

go to/take somebody to (see) a film
go to/sit in (British English) the cinema/(North American English) the (movie) theater
rent a film/DVD
download/stream a film
burn/copy/rip a DVD
see/watch a film/DVD/preview/trailer

Showing

show/screen a film
promote/distribute/review a film
(British English) be on at the cinema
be released on/come out on/be out on DVD
captivate/delight/grip/thrill the audience
do well/badly at the box office
get a lot of/live up to the hype

Film-making

write/co-write a film/script/screenplay
direct/produce/make/shoot/edit a film/sequel
make a romantic comedy/a thriller/an action movie
do/work on a sequel/remake
film/shoot the opening scene/an action sequence/footage (of something)
compose/create/do/write the soundtrack
cut/edit (out) a scene/sequence

Acting

have/get/do an audition
get/have/play a leading/starring/supporting role
play a character/James Bond/the bad guy
act in/appear in/star in a film/remake
do/perform/attempt a stunt
work in/make it big in Hollywood
forge/carve/make/pursue a career in Hollywood

Describing films

the camera pulls back/pans over something/zooms in (on something)
the camera focuses on something/lingers on something
shoot somebody/show somebody in extreme close-up
use odd/unusual camera angles
be filmed/shot on location/in a studio
be set/take place in London/in the ’60s
have a happy ending/plot twist

Wordfinder

actor
cameraman
cinema
dialogue
director
dub
film
location
scenario
sound effect

Extra Examples

She makes children's films.她制作儿童片。
He was an ad director before starting to make feature films.在开始制作故事片之前，他是一名广告导演。
Your typical Hollywood film has a happy ending.典型的好莱坞电影都有一个美好的结局。
Her dream was to star in a Hollywood film.她的梦想是出演好莱坞电影。
What's your favourite film?你最喜欢哪部电影？
Do you like James Bond films?你喜欢詹姆斯·邦德电影吗？
The latest film by Kathryn Bigelow is out soon.凯瑟琳·毕格罗的最新电影即将上映。
The film came out last week.这部电影上周开始上映。
Now you can stream films on your mobile device.现在您可以在移动设备上流式传输电影。
It's an independent cinema screening mainly art films.这是一家独立电影院，主要放映艺术电影。
Her music is used throughout the film.整部电影都使用了她的音乐。
She thought the film far too violent to show to children.她觉得这部影片太暴力了，不适合儿童观看。
The film contains explicit scenes of violence.这部电影有明显的暴力镜头。
The film depicts immense courage amid the horrors of war.电影描述了身在战争恐怖中人们表现出的巨大勇气。
The film manages to capture the mood of the times.影片捕捉到了当时的时代氛围。
The film opens with a bird's-eye shot of London.电影以伦敦的鸟瞰场景开始。
The film stars Nicole Kidman as a nightclub singer.这部电影由妮可・基德曼主演，她饰演一名夜总会歌手。
The film was finally released after weeks of protest by religious groups.在宗教组织抗议数周后，电影终于发行了。
The film was heavily edited for screening on television.为了在电视上播放，那部电影被大量剪辑过。
There is a great car chase in the film.影片中有一场精彩的飚车戏。
There's an interesting film on at the local cinema.当地电影院正在上演一部有趣的电影。
There's a season of classic films on TV.电视上有一季经典电影。
one of the earliest colour films最早的彩色电影之一
They've just started shooting a film of the novel.他们刚刚开始拍摄由这部小说改编的电影。
a film adaptation of a well-known fairy tale改编自著名童话故事的电影
a film version of Jane Austen's famous novel简·奥斯汀著名小说的电影版
This film tells the remarkable story of a disabled actor.这部电影讲述了一位残疾演员不平凡的故事。
We went to an awful film last night.昨晚我们去看了一部很糟糕的电影。
a film about Nelson Mandela一部有关纳尔逊・曼德拉的电影
a film based on the novel by Charles Potter根据查尔斯・波特的小说改编的电影
a film dealing with old age探讨老年问题的电影
a film entitled ‘Bitter Moon’名叫《苦月亮》的电影
a film from Spanish director Luis Eduardo Aute西班牙导演路易斯・爱德华多・奥特的电影
a film recording the first powered flight记录第一次动力飞行的电影
a film with an all-star cast全明星阵容的电影
He was killed when a film stunt went wrong.他死于一场电影特技事故。
We stayed for the film credits to see who the music was by.我们等到了电影演职人员名单，想看看是谁作的曲。
The scramble for the film rights to her next novel has already begun.对她下一部小说的电影版权的争夺已经开始了。
They built a massive film set of an airport.他们搭建了一个巨大的机场布景。
the ‘Star Wars’ film series《星球大战》系列电影
the film classic ‘Fantasia’经典电影《幻想曲》

Topics Film and theatrea1, TV, radio and newsa1

Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective

long
short
feature-length
…

verb + film

see
view
watch
…

film + verb

be on
show
come out
…

film + noun

director
editor
maker
…

preposition

in a/the film
on film
film about
…

phrases

the beginning of the film
the end of the film
be in films
…

[uncountable] (especially British English)

(North American English usually the movies [plural])

(British English also the cinema)

the art or business of making films电影艺术；电影业

jobs in film and television影视行业的工作
She'd like to write for theatre and film.她想为戏剧和电影写作。
the film industry电影业
a film buff (= somebody who is very interested in and knows a lot about film)影迷

compare cinema

Culture HollywoodHollywoodHollywood, more than any other place in the world, represents the excitement and glamour of the film industry. The world's major film companies have studios in Hollywood and many famous film stars live in its fashionable and expensive Beverly Hills district. But Hollywood is also Tinseltown, where money can buy an expensive lifestyle but the pressure to succeed can destroy lives, as in the case of Marilyn Monroe and River Phoenix. Both the British and Americans have mixed feelings about Hollywood: they are attracted by the excitement of the film world and by the lives of the stars, but also see Hollywood as a symbol of trashy, commercial culture.Hollywood is now surrounded by Los Angeles. In 1908, when film companies began moving west from New York, it was a small, unknown community. The companies were attracted to California by its fine weather, which allowed them to film outside for most of the year, but they also wanted to avoid having to pay money to a group of studios led by Thomas Edison which were trying to establish a monopoly (= control of the industry so that only they could make films). By the 1920s, companies such as Universal Pictures and United Artists had set up studios around Hollywood. During this period Mary Pickford, , and John Barrymore became famous in silent films. Mack Sennett, a Canadian, began making comedy films, including those featuring the Keystone Kops, in which Charlie Chaplin and 'Fatty' Arbuckle became stars. D W Griffith directed expensive ' epic' films like The Birth of a Nation, and William S Hart made westerns popular. Hollywood also created its first sex symbol, Theda Bara (1890-1955).The 1920s saw big changes. The first film in Technicolor was produced in 1922. Warner Brothers was formed in 1923 and four years later produced Hollywood's first talkie (= film with spoken words), The Jazz Singer. Huge numbers of Americans were now attracted to the movies. Stars like Pickford and Chaplin reached the height of their fame, and new stars were discovered, such as Rudolph Valentino, Laurel and Hardy and Buster Keaton.The 1930s and 1940s were Hollywood's ' golden age' and films became popular around the world. Hollywood even made successes out of America's worst times: Prohibition led to the gangster films of Edward G Robinson and James Cagney, and the Great Depression to films like The Grapes of Wrath. World War Two featured in successful films like Casablanca. The great Hollywood studios, MGM, Warner Brothers, 20th Century Fox, Paramount Pictures and Columbia Pictures, controlled the careers of actors. Famous directors of the time included Orson Welles and John Ford and screen stars included Clark Gable, John Wayne, Katharine Hepburn, Errol Flynn, Henry Fonda, Humphrey Bogart, Lauren BacallBette Davis, Gregory Peck, and Robert Mitchum.New words were invented to keep up with Hollywood's development: cliffhanger, tear-jerker, spine-chiller and western describe types of film. Villains became baddies or bad guys. As equipment became more complicated more people were needed to manage it. New jobs, still seen on lists of film credits today, included gaffer and best boy, his or her chief assistant.In the 1950s large numbers of people abandoned the movies in order to watch television. The film industry needed something new to attract them back. This led to the development of Cinerama and 3-D, which gave the audience the feeling of being part of the action. These proved too expensive but the wide screen of CinemaScope soon became standard throughout the world. 3-D has become popular again in the 21st century. The stars of the 1950s, including Marilyn Monroe, Rock Hudson, James Dean and Steve McQueen, also kept the film industry alive.In the 1960s many companies began making films in other countries where costs were lower, and people said Hollywood would never again be the centre of the film industry. But the skills, equipment and money were still there, and Hollywood became important again in the 1980s. The old studios were bought by new media companies: 20th Century Fox was bought by Rupert Murdoch, and Columbia Pictures by the Sony Corporation. New energy came from independent directors and producers like Steven Spielberg, Robert Redford and Martin Scorsese. Rising stars included Meryl Streep, Harrison Ford, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Kevin Costner and Tom Hanks.Now, more than ever, Hollywood leads the world's film industry, having produced the most expensive and successful films ever made, such as Jurassic Park (1993), Titanic (1997), Avatar (2009) and Black Panther (2018). Companies like MGM own their own movie theaters in the US and elsewhere. Studios make extra profits from selling films to television companies and from selling downloads directly to consumers through streaming services such as Netflix. The Oscars, presented by Hollywood's Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, are the most valued prizes in the industry.

Extra Examples

You can study theatre, film and dance as well as painting at the school.您可以在学校学习戏剧、电影、舞蹈以及绘画。
Many of them work in film or photography.他们中的许多人从事电影或摄影工作。
She knows everything there is to know about film.她知道有关电影的一切。
He wrote several books about film in the 1970s.他在 20 世纪 70 年代写了几本有关电影的书。
the history of film电影史
one of the greatest talents working in Indian film印度电影界最伟大的人才之一
He worked for a major film studio.他在一家大型电影制片厂工作。
Tyrannical Hollywood film moguls ruled their stars' lives.好莱坞电影巨头操纵着旗下明星的生活。
The star has plenty of what film people call ‘bankability’.这位明星拥有很多电影人所说的“可融资性”。
Working Title is a British film production company.Work Title 是一家英国电影制作公司。
We're a small film company.我们是一家小型电影公司。

Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective

long
short
feature-length
…

verb + film

see
view
watch
…

film + verb

be on
show
come out
…

film + noun

director
editor
maker
…

preposition

in a/the film
on film
film about
…

phrases

the beginning of the film
the end of the film
be in films
…

[uncountable] moving pictures of real events, shown for example on television新闻片

television news film of the riots这场暴乱的电视新闻片
on film The accident was caught on film.事故给拍了下来。
It was amazing to be able to capture those moments on film.能够在电影中捕捉到这些时刻真是太棒了。
They showed a film clip of the interview.他们播放了采访的影片片段。

compare footage

Extra Examples

film taken by security cameras监控摄像机拍到的片段
When I watched the film back, I noticed someone in the background. 当我回头看电影时，我注意到背景中有一个人。
They study film of their opponents before the game.他们在比赛前研究对手的录像。
CCTV film captured the assault.中央电视台的录像记录了这次袭击事件。
Police examined video film from a security camera on the bus. 警方检查了公交车上安全摄像头的视频。
He hoped the existence of the security film would lead to a successful prosecution.他希望安全胶片的存在能够导致起诉成功。
You can download film clips from the news archive.您可以从新闻档案下载电影剪辑。
There is some old film footage of the meeting.有一些会议的旧电影片段。
Music plays over the film footage.电影片段中播放着音乐。
The news always contains several film reports.新闻里总是有几则影片报道。
They captured the incident on film.他们拍下了那一事件。
It's one of the most dramatic moments I've ever seen on film.这是我在电影中见过的最戏剧化的时刻之一。
Their encounter has been preserved on film.他们的遭遇被记录在电影中。

Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective

long
short
feature-length
…

verb + film

see
view
watch
…

film + verb

be on
show
come out
…

film + noun

director
editor
maker
…

preposition

in a/the film
on film
film about
…

phrases

the beginning of the film
the end of the film
be in films
…

in cameras

[uncountable, countable] thin plastic that is sensitive to light, used especially in the past for taking photographs and making films; a roll of this plastic, used in cameras胶片；胶卷；底片

a roll of film一卷胶卷
a 35mm film35 毫米胶片
There was no film in the camera.相机里没有胶卷。

Extra Examples

Fast film is best for action shots.快速感光胶片最适合拍动作摄影。
He spliced the two lengths of film together.他把两段胶卷拼接起来。
In the darkroom they found that only half the film had been exposed.在暗室里他们发现只有一半胶卷经过了曝光。
I used to get my films developed at a local shop.我过去常常在当地的一家商店冲洗胶片。
a roll of 35 millimetre film一卷35 毫米胶卷
She put a new film in her camera.她在相机里放了一部新胶卷。
Do you use a film camera or a digital camera?您使用胶片相机还是数码相机？
He returned with several rolls of colour and black-and-white film. 他带着几卷彩色和黑白胶卷回来了。
He used 16mm colour film.他使用了16毫米彩色胶片。
The film got accidentally exposed and ruined.胶卷意外曝光并被毁掉。

Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective

black-and-white
colour/color
fast
…

… of film

reel
roll

verb + film

load
put in
remove
…

thin layer

[countable, usually singular] a thin layer of something, usually on the surface of something else薄薄的一层；薄膜 synonym coat, coating, layer

Grease coated everything in a thin film.油脂将所有东西都涂上一层薄膜。
film of something Everything was covered in a film of dust.所有的东西都蒙上了一层灰尘。

Extra Examples

There was a film of soot everywhere.到处都是一层烟灰薄膜。
The leaves were still covered with a film of dew.叶子上还蒙着一层露珠。
The film of water left by the tide shimmered in the sun.潮水留下的水膜在阳光下闪闪发光。
There was a fine film of sweat on her forehead.她前额汗津津的。
The books were covered in a thin film of dust.书籍上都覆盖着薄薄的一层灰。

Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective

fine
thin
surface
…

verb + film

be covered in
be covered with

preposition

film of