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A visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates 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 for cinematography, is often used to refer to filmmaking and the film industry, and the art form that is the result of it. (Full article...)
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are displayed here, which represent some of the best content on English Wikipedia.alternate reality that features both an alternate birth location for James T. Kirk and further alterations in history stemming from the time travel of both Nero and the original series Spock (Leonard Nimoy). The alternate reality was created in an attempt to free the film and the franchise from established continuity constraints while simultaneously preserving original story elements.
The idea for a prequel film which would follow the Star Trek characters during their time in
Viacom and CBS Corporation in 2005, former Paramount Pictures president Gail Berman convinced CBS to allow Paramount to produce a new film in the franchise. Orci and Kurtzman were soon approached to write the film, and Abrams was approached to direct it. Kurtzman and Orci used inspiration from novels and graduate school dissertations, as well as the series itself. Principal photography commenced on November 7, 2007, and ended on March 27, 2008. The film was shot in locations around California and Utah. Abrams wanted to avoid using bluescreen and greenscreen, opting to use sets and locations instead. Heavy secrecy surrounded the film's production and was under the fake working title Corporate Headquarters. Industrial Light & Magic used digital ships for the film, as opposed to miniatures used in most of the previous films in the franchise. Production for the film concluded by the end of 2008. (Portal:Film/Featured content
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Complex vignette shot in die Austernprinzessin (The Oyster Princess) (from History of film) -
Georges Méliès (left) painting a backdrop in his studio (from History of film) -
Animated GIF of Prof. Stampfer's Stroboscopische Scheibe No. X (Trentsensky & Vieweg 1833) (from History of film technology) -
The Babelsberg Studio near Berlin was the first large-scale film studio in the world (founded 1912) and the forerunner to Hollywood. It still produces global blockbusters every year. (from History of film) -
TheHollywood. It still produces global blockbusters every year. (from Film industry)
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Publicity still for the Egyptian film Yahya el hub (1938) (from Film industry) -
Don Juan is the first feature-length film to use the Vitaphone sound-on-disc sound system with a synchronized musical score and sound effects, though it has no spoken dialogue. (from History of film) -
Italian neorealist movie Bicycle Thieves (1948) by Vittorio De Sica, considered part of the canon of classic cinema (from History of film) -
Frame from a c.1912 Chronochrome film (from History of film technology) -
GIF animation from retouched pictures of The Horse in Motion by Eadweard Muybridge (1879). (from History of film technology) -
A frame from the Lumière brothers staged comedy film, L'Arroseur Arrosé (1895) (from History of film) -
The first two shots of As Seen Through a Telescope (1900), with the telescope POV simulated by the circular mask (from History of film) -
The Hollywood Sign (from Film industry) -
Cinema admissions in 1995 (from History of film) -
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A shot fromBollywood. (from Film industry) -
A.E. Smith filming The Bargain Fiend in the Vitagraph Studios in 1907. Arc floodlights hang overhead. (from History of film) -
Bahiga Hafez (1901–1983) Egyptian filmmaker and actress in 1920s and 1930s (from Film industry) -
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Louis Poyet's engraving of the mechanism of the "fusil photographique" as published in La Nature (april 1882) (from History of film technology) -
The Jazz Singer (1927), was the first full-length film with synchronized sound. (from History of film technology) -
Discounted DVD home video film releases sold in the Netherlands (from Film industry) -
The Wizard of Oz (from History of film) -
William Friese-Greene (from Film industry) -
Charlie Chaplin (from History of film) -
Astill from The Story of the Kelly Gang (Australia, 1906; 80 min.) (from Film industry) -
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Cinématographe Lumière at the Institut Lumière, France (from History of film technology) -
Film still from Dickson Greeting (from History of film technology) -
Edward Raymond Turner's three-color projector, 1902 (from History of film technology) -
A scene from Raja Harishchandra (1913) – credited as the first full-length Indian motion picture. (from Film industry) -
Poster for a Biograph Studios release from 1913 (from Film industry) -
Akira Kurosawa, Japanese film director (from History of film) -
TheCinématographe Lumière in projection mode (from History of film technology) -
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London IMAX has the largest cinema screen in Britain with a total screen size of 520 m2. (from Film industry) -
Nestor studio, 1911 (from Film industry) -
Flying pelican captured by Marey around 1882. He created a method of recording several phases of movement superimposed into one photograph (from History of film technology) -
A production scene from the 1950 Hollywood film Julius Caesar starring Charlton Heston (from History of film) -
An electrotachyscope(from History of film technology)
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Max Skladanowsky (right) in 1934 with his brother Eugen and the Bioscop (from History of film technology) -
Off Plus Camera Film Festival in Kraków, 2012, with Andrzej Seweryn, Daniel Olbrychski, and Wojciech Pszoniak on stage. (from Film industry) -
Mona Zaki, Egyptian film star (from Film industry) -
Publicity still for the Egyptian film My Wife, the Director General (1966) (from Film industry) -
Eadweard Muybridge's The Horse in Motion cabinet cards utilized the technique of chronophotography to study motion. (from History of film) -
A surviving two-color-component image from the first Technicolor feature film, The Gulf Between (1917) (from History of film technology) -
Poster for the 1956 Egyptian film Wakeful Eyes starring Salah Zulfikar and Shadia (from History of film) -
The Pathé Brothers, by Adrien Barrère.(from Film industry) -
Czermak's 1855 Stereophoroskop (from History of film technology)
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Interior of the kinetographic theater, also known as movie production studio in West Orange, New Jersey.
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- ... that Raihan Rafi, the writer and director of the 2021 Bangladeshi film Janowar, interviewed the alleged perpetrators of the quadruple murder on which it is based?
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- ... that actress M'liss McClure's publicity agency promoted her "almost telescopic vision" as a selling point?
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Hermione Youlanda Ruby Clinton-Baddeley (13 November 1906 – 19 August 1986) was an English actress of theatre, film and television. She typically played brash, vulgar characters, often referred to as "brassy" or "blowsy". She found her milieu in revue, in which she played from the 1930s to the 1950s, co-starring several times with the English actress Hermione Gingold.
Baddeley was nominated for anGolden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Television Series for her portrayal of Nell Naugatuck on the TV series Maude. (Full article...
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