# movies (entertainment)

a product that combines moving images and sound to create a visual experience over time

- Computed level: L13 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: emergence  ·  Arena: movies

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [video](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-video.digital), [music](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-music.auditory), [make](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-make.verb), [products](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-products.goods), [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), [create](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-create.production), [experience](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-experience.cognitive), [image](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-image.visual), [motion](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-motion.movement), [sound](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-sound.auditory)

**Through:** the moving images and sound interact to form a unified perceptible sequence that unfolds over time

**Novel properties:**
- dynamic visual narrative
- temporal audiovisual immersion
- integrated sensory storytelling

## Examples
- The premiere of 'Avatar' in 2009 combined digital video, sound design, and visual effects to create a feature-length cinematic experience. *(entertainment)*
- Disney's 'Steamboat Willie' (1928) synchronized animated images with sound, marking an early milestone in film as a perceptual and technical product. *(history)*
- IMAX theaters use high-resolution digital projection and spatial audio to amplify the cognitive and sensory immersion of movies. *(technology)*

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