159. Films

See also 315. PHOTOGRAPHY .

atmospherics

special effects, extras, and the like used in order to establish an intended background or mood for a film.

bioscope

1. a film projector of the early 20th century.

2. British . a motion-picture theater.

cinematics

the art or principles of making motion pictures.

cinematography

the art or technique of motion-picture photography. — cinematographer , cinematographist , n . — cinematographic , adj .

cinemese

language typical of the cinema, as that used in film dialogue or in film criticism.

cinephilia

avid moviegoing. — cinephile , n., adj .

kinematograph, kinetograph

a motion-picture camera.

nickelodeon

an early name for a cinema, so called because of the five-cent admission charge. See also 284. MUSIC .

praxinoscope

an instrument that represents the effect of moving images on a screen.

scenarist

the writer of scenarios, story lines for motion pictures.

tachyscope

a type of kinescope that presents the effect of moving pictures by use of a rotating glass plate with images attached to it.

vitascope

an early form of motion-picture projector.

zoopraxiscope

an early form of motion-picture projector.