# film (entertainment)

a recorded series of visual and audio patterns that are shown together over time

- Computed level: L12 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: emergence  ·  Arena: definition

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [video](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-video.digital), [audio](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-audio.auditory), [pattern](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-pattern.regularity), [recorded](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-recorded.information), [records](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-records.document), [series](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-series.ordered), [show](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-show.visual), [time](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-time.dimension), [visual](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-visual.perceptual)

**Through:** audio and video are synchronized and presented in sequence, creating a cohesive sensory experience over time.

**Novel properties:**
- temporal narrative structure
- synchronized audiovisual perception
- recorded performance illusion

## Examples
- The 1977 release of Star Wars: A New Hope premiered in 40 theaters across the US, combining digital video, audio tracks, and timed reels. *(entertainment)*
- The BBC Domesday Project in 1986 stored video, audio, and images on LaserDiscs to document British life for future playback. *(archival)*
- The first public screening of the Lumière brothers’ 'Workers Leaving the Lumière Factory' occurred in 1895 using projected film reels. *(history)*

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*Canonical: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-film.entertainment*  
*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-film.entertainment.json*  
*Every definition provably resolves to space, time, energy and pattern.*