motion picture

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"She actually looked at a motion picture and went, 'I get it! He's going to be the villain and they're going to do this'," he recalled.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

To display his photographs in rapid succession, Muybridge invented a device that birthed the motion picture.

From Slate • May 25, 2026

“Going to the movies must be more affordable again,” Tom Rothman, chairman of Sony Pictures’ motion picture group, told a crowd of exhibitors at the recent CinemaCon industry convention in Las Vegas.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 27, 2026

Millions and millions of dollars are poured into the sprawling motion picture economy of Los Angeles to drum up support for the year’s Academy Award nominees.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2026

During his second year in medical school, he rigged a microscope with a time-lapse motion picture camera to capture live cells on film.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot