Motion Picture, (1) _______ series of images that are projected onto (2) _______ screen to create (3) _______ illusion of motion. Motion pictures- also called (4) _______ movies, films, or (5) _______ cinema- are one of (6) _______ most popular forms of entertainment, enabling people to immerse themselves in (7) _______ imaginary world for (8) _______ short period of time. But movies can also teach people about (9) _______ history, science, human behavior, and many (10) _______ other subjects. Some films combine entertainment with instruction, to make (11) _______ learning process more enjoyable. In all its forms, cinema is (12) _______ art as well as (13) _______ business, and those who make motion pictures take great pride in their creations.
(14) _______ images that make up (15) _______ motion picture are all individual photographs. But when they appear rapidly in succession, (16) _______ human eye does not detect that they are separate images. This results from persistence of vision, (17) ________ phenomenon whereby (18) _______ eye retains (19) _______ visual image for (20) _______ fraction of (21) _______ second after (22) _______ source has been removed. Although we do not experience (23) _______ images as individual photographs, we do notice (24) _______ differences between them. (25) _______ brain then perceives these differences as motion.
(26) _______ Motion pictures are recorded using specially designed cameras that capture (27) _______ images on rolls of film. After being processed and printed, (28) _______ film is run through (29) _______ projector, which shines light through (30) _______ film so that the the images are displayed on a screen. Most movies have accompanying sound.
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