[Vocabulary] Words that encompass both movie/film and TV series

[khanhhung2512]

As I understand, movie/film implies single-episode ones screened at the theater. On the other hand, TV series are long-running ones aired on television. What if I need a collective noun that covers both meanings? Which words are appropriate, in BrE and AmE?
Thanks very much.

 

[tedmc]

Drama

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[khanhhung2512]

Drama
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You're being silly. lol
Drama is a genre of motion pictures.

 

[tedmc]

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You're being silly. lol
Drama is a genre of motion pictures.

This is not a nice thing to say.
We are all learning.

Drama means more than a genre of motion pictures.
A drama is also 'a serious narrative work of program for television, radio or the cinema'
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/drama


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[Matthew Wai]

http://www.imdb.com/search/title?genres=drama&num_votes=1000,&sort=moviemeter&title_type=tv_series
The title is 'Most Popular Drama TV Series ...'.
It seems that 'drama' can also refer to TV series.

You're being silly. lol

All of us are learners, who must sometimes be silly. We should help instead of laugh at each other.

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[SoothingDave]

http://www.imdb.com/search/title?genres=drama&num_votes=1000,&sort=moviemeter&title_type=tv_series
The title is 'Most Popular Drama TV Series ...'.
It seems that 'drama' can also refer to TV series.


All of us are learners, who must sometimes be silly. We should help instead of laugh at each other.

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A type of TV series.

 

[khanhhung2512]

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I'm sorry but I didn't mean to be rude by saying: "You're being silly." I've seen that line countless times in movies and various TV series. It's somewhat like a joke. Is it that offensive? My dictionary says 'silly' is quite gentle.
As for the word 'drama', 'drama' is a type, a genre of movies, TV series, and radio. Hence, I don't think that's the word I'm looking for, a word that can replace the combination "movies and TV series". Does the word I'm searching not exist?

 

[khanhhung2512]

I just asked an American friend. Well, it seems the word I'm searching doesn't exist after all.
Thank you all, anyway.

 

[Matthew Wai]

the word I'm searching

I would add 'for' after 'searching', according to http://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/search_2

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[SoothingDave]

I just asked an American friend. Well, it seems the word I'm searching doesn't exist after all.
Thank you all, anyway.

"Hollywood" comes closest.

 

[khanhhung2512]

I would add 'for' after 'searching', according to http://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/search_2
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Is it compulsory?

"Hollywood" comes closest.

Could you give an example where "Hollywood" replaces "movie and TV series", please?

 

[Matthew Wai]

Is it compulsory?

'For' is necessary before the thing you are looking for, but unnecessary before the place where you do the searching, according to the dictionary quoted above.

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[tedmc]

Motion picture is a more general term which covers cinema and tv shows.

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[SoothingDave]

Could you give an example where "Hollywood" replaces "movie and TV series", please?

"He used to be on Broadway, but he's working in Hollywood now."

Note, I said this is "close" to what you are looking for. It is not an exact match and can not be used in every situation. I would understand this to mean he was now working in the production of either TV or movies (in California). Of course, TV and movies are made in other places as well.

 

[khanhhung2512]

Motion picture is a more general term which covers cinema and tv shows.
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I'm afraid not. "Motion picture" is often used exclusively for a cinema film, IMO.

 

[Matthew Wai]

Your opinion agrees with what the dictionaries say, see http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/motion-picture?q=motion+picture
http://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/motion-picture
http://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/british/motion-picture
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/motion-picture

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[tedmc]

No, it applies to both cinema and TV.

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[Matthew Wai]

According to which dictionary?

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[tedmc]

http://www.mpaa.org/

 

[Matthew Wai]

It does not say that a motion picture means a TV show.

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