cinematograph
/ˌsɪnəˈmætəɡræf/
verb
- To film or record using a movie camera (historical).
- The director cinematographed the scene using a hand-cranked camera.
- He learned to cinematograph with the same equipment the Lumière brothers used.
- They cinematographed the entire event for the newsreel.
noun
- An early movie camera that also could project films.
- The cinematograph was a groundbreaking invention that led to modern cinema.
- Early filmmakers used a cinematograph to both record and show their movies.
- The museum displayed an original cinematograph from the 1890s.
- A movie theater (historical, especially in early cinema).
- They went to the local cinematograph to watch a silent film.
- The old building was once a popular cinematograph in the city.
- In the early 1900s, every small town had its own cinematograph.