A film , also called a movie , motion picture or moving picture , is a work of visual art 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 for cinema, is often used to refer to film and the film , and to the art form that is the result of it. The moving images of a film are created by photographing actual scenes with a camera by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques, by means of CGI and computer , or by a combination of some or all of these techniques, and other visual effects. Traditionally, films were recorded onto celluloid film stock through a photochemical process and then shown through a movie onto a large screen . Contemporary films are often fully through the entire process of production, distribution, and...