The movie is a piece of art that tells a story through images and sound. It usually follows a basic plot of one or more characters that must overcome something. Movies have many genres such as drama, comedy, romance, action and fantasy. Some movies are set in historical times such as the 1940s and others in a fictional world like Star Wars and Harry Potter. The music, lighting and sets (man-made places in a movie studio where the film is made) are designed to add emotion to the story.
Actors learn the lines that they will say and do for the movie from the script. Then a cameraman films them saying and doing these things with the use of a film camera. After the movie is filmed, it is edited and put together with a soundtrack to make the final product. A movie can be entertaining or boring depending on how it is filmed and directed, the actors’ performance, the acting and the cinematography.
A well-known data researcher has found that people in America generally use the word movie to refer to entertainment and commercial aspects of motion pictures, while the word film is used to refer to more artistic or theoretical aspects. However, some films are considered to be both a movie and a film, such as Daughters of the Dust and Taxi Driver.
Sergio Leone’s iconic Western features a legendary stand-off between Clint Eastwood’s Blondie, Lee Van Cleef’s Angel Eyes and Eli Wallach’s Tuco in a tale of bounties, stolen gold and lone gunmen out for themselves. The movie is an example of cinematic brilliance and is a benchmark against which other films are judged.