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Cambridge English for the Media   Cambridge University Press 2009     
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UNIT 5 Film Teacher’s Notes

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Background information and useful web links
The word 
film
 has several related meanings, which may cause confusion. In British 
English, the countable noun, for example 
I saw a good film,
 means the same as the 
American words 
movie
 or 
motion picture
. Unlike its use in some languages, the word 
film
 is used much more in connection with films made for the cinema screen rather than, 
for example, films made especially for TV which may be called a feature-length drama or 
a television movie. 
A second use of the word is as an uncountable noun, for example 
I work in TV but I’d 
like to work in film
 refers to the whole industry in general. It is related to the word 
cinema
, to refer to the art form, for example 
I like avant-garde cinema/film
.
 
Cinema, 
of course, also has a second meaning as a countable noun referring to the place where 
films are shown. In American English this is called a