home movien.
/ˌhəʊm ˈmuːvi/, U.S. /ˈˌhoʊm ˈmuvi/ Originally U.S.
A film made at home or without professional assistance, typically featuring the maker or his or her own family or friends.
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1917 Pop. Mech. Feb. 217 (advt.) Home Movies! That's what you and everybody can have now. The Movette is a real moving picture camera.
1941 Time 16 June 33/1 Once ‘expense’ might have been a reason for doing without home movies.
1967 Listener 27 July 123/2 Some home movies of a retired politician.
1981 D. Armstrong Trumpet to Arms iii. 67 Individual filmmakers..turned to 16mm and 8mm, the film of choice for home movies, giving underground films a homemade quality.
1993 D. E. Elkins Camera Terms & Concepts 45 Most people now use some type of video camera or camcorder for home movies.
2006 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 15 Oct. v. 1/2 Can home movies, personal photos and pithy commentaries—known as user-generated content at Internet social sites—successfully coexist with advertising?
Compounds
General attributive, as home movie camera, home movie footage, etc.
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1922 Pop. Mech. June 824 (heading) ‘Direct-positive’ home-movie camera.
1945 Fortune Mar. 168/1 (advt.) More and more home movie fans realize that to enjoy 8 mm. films to the utmost—they should be shown with a precision projector.
1968 M. Richler Cocksure x. 53 The usual home movie stuff. Mortimer mowing the lawn.
1982 A. Kuhn Women's Pictures ix. 186 In its use and reworking of 8 mm. home movie footage, the film makes reference also to the artisanal modes of production characteristic of avant-garde cinema.
2002 C. Thalimer & D. Thalimer Romantic Tennessee 21 Sincerely Elvis is a mini-museum filled with candid photos, home-movie clips, and other personal mementoes.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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