verb make a film or photograph of something.
— synonyms: shoot, take
verb record in film.
noun a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement.
— synonyms: movie, picture, moving_picture, moving-picture_show, motion_picture, motion-picture_show, picture_show, pic
noun a medium that disseminates moving pictures.
— synonyms: cinema, celluloid
noun photographic material consisting of a base of celluloid covered with a photographic emulsion.
— synonyms: photographic_film
noun a thin coating or layer.
noun a thin sheet of (usually plastic and usually transparent) material used to wrap or cover things.
— synonyms: plastic_film
Examples
“a clear plastic film for wrapping food”
“A Hollywood studio was filming on location in NYC.”