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A strip of 16 mm film consisting of many frames

A film frame, or just frame, is one of the many single photographic images in a motion picture. The individual frames are separated by frame lines. Normally, 24 frames are needed for one second of film. In ordinary filming, the frames are photographed automatically, one after the other, in a movie camera. In special effects or animation filming, the frames are often shot one at a time. Image File history File links Please see the file description page for further information. ... In film, video production, animation, and related fields, a frame is one of the many still images which compose the complete moving picture. ... Image File history File links S16. ... Image File history File links S16. ... 16 mm film was introduced by Eastman Kodak in 1923 as an inexpensive amateur alternative to the conventional 35 mm film format. ... Photography is the process of making pictures by means of the action of light. ... Film refers to the celluloid media on which movies are printed. ... Frame lines shown in red on a full-frame negative, and a 1:1,85 projection print, both on 35 mm film. ... Look up second in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The Arricam ST, a popular 35 mm film camera currently used on major productions. ... Special effects (abbreviated SPFX or SFX) are used in the film, television, and entertainment industry to create effects that cannot be achieved by normal means, such as depicting travel to other star systems. ... 12 drawings per second is the typical rate for an animated cartoon. ...

The term may also be used more generally as a noun or verb to refer to the edges of the image as seen in a camera viewfinder or projected on a screen. Thus, the camera operator can be said to keep a car in frame by panning with it as it speeds past.

The size of a film frame varies, depending on the film format. In the smallest 8 mm amateur format, it is only about 4,8 by 3,5 mm, while an IMAX frame is as large as 69.6 by 48.5 mm. The larger the frame size is in relation to the size of the projection screen, the sharper the image will appear. // Movie film formats Amateur formats: 8 mm Single-8 Super 8 mm Polavision 9,5 mm film 17. ... 8 mm film is a motion picture film format in which the filmstrip is eight millimeters wide. ... MM or Mm or mm can mean or be an abbreviation for: Military: Machinists Mate, a rating in the United States Navy Military Medal, a British and Commonwealth decoration Commerce: Million, in traditional accounting or investment banking Minute Maid, a brand of orange juice and other beverages MM, a... IMAX theatre at the Melbourne Museum complex, Australia. ... Home theater projection screen (119 in. ...

The most common film format, 35 mm, has a frame size of 22 by 16 mm. Simulated 35 mm film with soundtracks _ The outermost strips (on either side) contain the SDDS soundtrack as an image of a digital signal. ...

See also

• List of film formats

This is a list of film formats known to have been developed for shooting or viewing motion pictures since the development of such photographic technology towards the end of the 19th century. ...

External link

• The image areas on a 35 mm film frame