ADJ

long
short
exciting, good, interesting
successful
awful, bad, boring
epic
violent
She thought the film far too violent to show to children
X- rated
silent
black-and-white
low-budget
Hollywood, independent
television, video
adventure, children's, comedy, documentary, feature, gangster, horror, pornographic

VERB + FILM

see, watch
go to (see), take sb to (see)
We went to an awful film last night
direct, make, produce, shoot
She makes children's films. The film was shot on location in Kenya
take
film taken by security cameras
cut, edit
The film was heavily edited for screening on television
distribute, release, screen, show
The film was finally released after weeks of protest by religious groups
ban, censor

FILM + VERB

be on, show
There's an interesting film on at the local cinema
come out, open, premiere
The film came out last week
be based on sth
a film based on the novel by Charles Potter
be called sth, be entitled sth
a film entitled 'Bitter Moon'
capture sth
The film manages to capture the mood of the times
contain sth, include sth
The film contains explicit scenes of violence
depict sth, present sth, represent sth, show sth
The film depicts immense courage amid the horrors of war
tell sth
This film tells the remarkable story of a disabled actor
feature sb, star sb
The film stars Nicole Kidman as a nightclub singer
record sth
critic
buff, fan
premi e re
censor, censorship
screenplay, script
music, score, soundtrack
narrative
scene
stunt
He was killed when a film stunt went wrong
poster
studio
set
They built a massive film set of an airport
props
adaptation, version
the film version of the best-selling novel
classic
the film classic 'Fantasia'
documentary, drama
genre
clip, footage, sequence
report
The news always contains several film reports
series
the 'Star Wars' film series
archives, library
business, company, industry
mogul
Tyrannical Hollywood film moguls ruled their stars' lives
distributor
making, production
festival
show
awards
camera, equipment, projector, recorder
rights
The scramble for the film rights to her next novel has already begun
school, student

PREP

in a/the ~
There is a great car chase in the film
on ~
They captured the incident on film
~ about
a film about Queen Victoria
~ of
They've just started shooting a film of the novel

PHRASES

the beginning/end of the film, be in films (= work in the film industry), a film with subtitles, the screening/showing of a film

ADJ

black-and-white, colour
fast
Fast film would be best for such action shots
35 millimetre, etc.

QUANT

length, reel, roll
a roll of 35 millimetre film

VERB + FILM

load, put in
remove, take out
rewind
develop,
first powered flight
deal with sth
a film dealing with old age
process
I get my films developed
open
The film opens with a bird's-eye shot of London
end

FILM + NOUN

crew, director, editor, maker, people, producer, team, unit, writer
The film has plenty of what film people call 'bankability'
world
actor, actress, legend, star
part, role
career, debut, work
credits
His film credits (= the films he has made) as director include 'Mood Music' and 'Lies' . We stayed for the film credits (= the names of people involved in the making of)
expose
In the darkroom they found that only half the film had been exposed
splice
He spliced the two lengths of film together

ADJ

fine, thin

VERB + FILM

be covered in/with
The books were covered in a thin film of dust

PREP

~ of
There was a fine film of sweat on her forehead