"Widescreen" and "Cinemascope" refers to a larger width to height in the frame, compared to an earlier historic aspect ratios.

[7] A "feature length film", or "f eature film", is of a conventional full length, usually 60 minutes or more, and can commercially stand by itself without other films in a ticketed screening.[8] A "short" is a film that is not as long as a feature length film, usually scree ned with other shorts, or preceding a feature length film. An "independent" is a film made outside of the conventional film industry. In the US usage, one talks of a "screening" or "projection" of a movie or video on a screen at a public or private "theater". In British English, a "film showin g" happens at a cinema (never a "theatre", which is a different medium and place altogether).[6] When referring to the activity, one might propose "going to the cinema", or sometimes "to the pictures", in British English, whereas in the US the expression is "going to the movies". The cinema will usually but not always be showing an actual film, as a video or DVD might also be shown when of suffici ent projection quality, and with the advent of digital film production productio n and distribution, physical film might be absent entirely. A "double feature" i s a screening of two independent, stand-alone, feature films. A "viewing" is a w atching of a film. A "showing" is a screening or viewing on an electronic monito r.[citation needed][dubious discuss] "Sales" refers to tickets sold at a theater , or more currently, rights sold for individual showings. A "release" is the dis tribution and often simultaneous screening of a film. A "preview" is a screening in advance of the main release. "Hollywood" may be used either as a pejorative adjective, shorthand for assertin g an overly commercial rather than artistic intent or outcome, as in "too Hollyw ood", or as a descriptive adjective to refer to a film originating with people w ho ordinarily work near Los Angeles. Expressions for Genres of film are sometimes used interchangeably for "film" in a specific context, such as a "porn" for a film with explicit sexual content, or "cheese" for films that are light, entertaining and not highbrow. Any film may also have a "sequel", which portrays events following those in the film. Bride of Frankenstein is an early example. When there are a number of film s with the same characters, we have a "series", such as the James Bond series. A film which portrays events that occur earlier than those in another film, but i s released after that film, is sometimes called a "prequel", an example being Bu tch and Sundance: The Early Days. Credits is a list of the people involved in making the film. Before the 1970s, c redits were usually at the beginning of a film. Since then, the credits roll at the end of most films. A Post-credits scene is a scene shown after the end of the credits. Ferris Buell er's Day Off has a post-credit scene in which Ferris tells the audience that the movie is over and they should go home. Preview Main article: Test screening A preview performance refers to a showing of a movie to a select audience, usual ly for the purposes of corporate promotions, before the public film premiere its elf. Previews are sometimes used to judge audience reaction, which if unexpected ly negative, may result in recutting or even refilming certain sections (Audienc e response). Trailer Main article: Film trailer Trailers or previews are film advertisements for films that will be exhibited in the future at a cinema, on whose screen they are shown. The term "trailer" come s from their having originally been shown at the end of a film programme. That p ractice did not last long, because patrons tended to leave the theater after the films ended, but the name has stuck. Trailers are now shown before the film (or the A movie in a double feature program) begins. Film, or other art form? Film may be combined with performance art and still be considered or referred to as a "film", for instance, when there is a live musical accompaniment to a sile nt film. Another example is audience participation films, as at a midnight movie

s screening of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, where the audience dresses up in c ostume from the film and loudly does a karaoke-like reenactment along with the f ilm. Performance art where film is incorporated as a component is usually not ca lled film, but a film, which could stand-alone but is accompanied by a performan ce may still be referred to as a film. The act of making a film can, in and of itself, be considered a work of art, on a different level from the film itself, as in the films of Werner Herzog. Similarly, the playing of a film can be considered to fall within the realm of p olitical protest art, as in the subtleties within the films of Tarkovsky. A "roa d movie" can refer to a film put together from footage from a long road trip or vacation. Education and propaganda Main articles: Educational film and Propaganda film Film is used for education and propaganda. When the purpose is primarily educati onal, a film is called an "educational film". Examples are recordings of lecture s and experiments, or more marginally, a film based on a classic novel. Film may be propaganda, in whole or in part, such as the films made by Leni Rief enstahl in Nazi Germany, US war film trailers during World War II, or artistic f ilms made under Stalin by Eisenstein. They may also be works of political protes t, as in the films of Wajda, or more subtly, the films of Andrei Tarkovsky. The same film may be considered educational by some, and propaganda by others, s uch as the film by conservative non-profit Citizens United featuring voters disa ffected with President Barack Obama.zv