Movie

A film, also called a movie or motion picture , was a series of still images which, when shown on a screen, created the illusion of moving images due to the phi phenomenon. This optical illusion caused the audience to perceive continuous motion between separate objects viewed rapidly in succession. A film was created by photographing actual scenes with a motion picture camera; by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques; by means of CGI and computer animation; or by a combination of some or all of these techniques and other visual effects. The word "cinema" was often used to refer to the industry of films and filmmaking or to the art of filmmaking itself. The contemporary definition of cinema was the art of simulating experiences to communicate ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty or atmosphere by the means of recorded or programmed moving images along with other sensory stimulations.

Films are cultural artifacts created by specific cultures. They reflected those cultures, and, in turn, affected them. Film was considered to be an important art form, a source of popular entertainment, and a powerful medium for educating—or indoctrinating—citizens. The visual basis of film gave it a universal power of communication. Some films became popular early Union-wide attractions by using dubbing or subtitles to translate the dialog into the language of the viewer.

The name "film" originates from the fact that photographic film (also called film stock) was historically the medium for recording and displaying motion pictures. Many other terms existed for an individual motion picture, including  picture ,  picture show  ,  moving picture  ,  photoplay  and  flick . The most common term in the United States was  movie , while in Europe  film  was preferred. Terms for the field in general included  the big screen ,  the silver screen  ,  the movies  and  cinema  ; the latter was commonly used in scholarly texts and critical essays, especially by European writers. In early years, the word  sheet  was sometimes used instead of  screen .

Today, virtus have replaced movies. Many "classic" movies have been converted to digital or virtu formats.

