WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A FILM, A MOVIE OR CINEMA? (In the Entertainment industry.)

Cinema Movie Film / Photo Credit: Jeremy Yap – Unsplash

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A FILM, A MOVIE OR CINEMA? (In the Entertainment industry.)  

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What is the difference between a film, a movie or cinema?

“Movies” vs. “Cinema” vs. “Theater” — what's the difference?

Movies is slang for a motion picture. Film is the medium on which motion pictures are fixed. Cinema is from the French cinématographe which comes in part from the greek kinema, meaning movement. So, cinema is really just another word meaning moving picture. It also has come to mean more generally the process of film-making and also the building where films are shown. Theater is similar to cinema, in that it can mean the building, or more generally the industry of live performance (i.e. plays, musicals, etc.).

A movie is more concerned with plot and easy answers. A film attempts to convey or explore something larger than itself. A movie is about giving the audience exactly what they want. A film forces the audience to grow in some way, to leave the theater slightly better humans than when they came in.

The distinction between films and movies isn’t about the budget, scope, or reach of a film, nor is it about anything tangible or measurable for that matter. It all comes down to the intention, the philosophy, and the belief systems of the people making them.

Cinema is for a theater where movies are shown for public entertainment; a movie theater. 1a: motion picture —usually used attributively. 1b: a motion-picture theater. 2a: movies especially: the film industry. 2b: the art or technique of making motion pictures.

Cinema = It is referred to the entire film industry, as well as the place designed for the exhibition of movies, films, etc. It is considered as an art form of the movie making business. It is based on the process of movie or film making, editing, scriptwriting, set designing, etc.

Movie is short for moving picture (or motion picture), and can refer both to a single show and to the film industry (when in the plural form, the movies).

Movie = Moving picture; also, a moving-picture show; a cinema; pl. (freq. the movies), motion pictures as an industry, an art-form, or a form of entertainment; a cinema or a cinema-show.

Film obviously derives from the fact that the images were/are impressed on a roll film (not for digital cameras of course).

Film = A cinematographic representation of a story, drama, episode, event, etc.; a cinema performance; pl. the cinema, the ‘pictures’, the movies.

A feature film, feature-length film, or theatrical film is a film (also called a motion picture or movie) with a running time long enough to be considered the principal or sole film to fill a program. ... Most feature films are between 75 and 210 minutes long.

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Cinema Movie Film / Photo Credit: Jeremy Yap – Unsplash