Film, also called movie, motion picture or moving picture, is aÂ
visual art-form used to simulate experiences that communicate ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images. These images are generally accompanied by sound, and more rarely, other sensory stimulations. The word cinema, short forÂ
cinematography, is often used to refer toÂ
filmmaking and theÂ
film industry, and to theÂ
art form that is the result of it.The moving images of a film are created byÂ
photographing actual scenes with aÂ
motion-picture camera, by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditionalÂ
animation techniques, by means ofÂ
CGIÂ andÂ
computer animation, or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and otherÂ
visual effects.Traditionally, films were recorded onto celluloidÂ
film stock through aÂ
photochemical process and then shown through aÂ
movie projector onto a largeÂ
screen. Contemporary films are oftenÂ
fully digital through the entire process of production, distribution, and exhibition, while films recorded in a photochemical form traditionally included an analogousÂ
optical soundtrack (a graphicÂ
recording of the spoken words, music and otherÂ
sounds that accompany the images which runs along a portion of the film exclusively reserved for it, and is not projected).Films areÂ
cultural artifacts created by specificÂ
cultures. They reflect those cultures, and, in turn, affect them. Film is considered to be an important art form, a source