telefilmn.
/ˈtɛlᵻfɪlm/, U.S. /ˈtɛləˌfɪlm/ 1. A film or motion picture, esp. one shown on television or one made for that medium rather than for release at the cinema.Earliest in attributive use.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > a film > type of film > [noun] > other types
romantic comedy1748
epic1785
pre-release1871
foreign film1899
frivol1903
dramedy1905
film loop1906
first run1910
detective film1911
colour film1912
news film1912
topical1912
cinemicrograph1913
scenic1913
sport1913
newsreel1914
serial1914
sex comedy1915
war picture1915
telefilm1919
comic1920
true crime1923
art house1925
quickie1926
turkey1927
two-reeler1928
smellie1929
disaster film1930
musical1930
feelie1931
sticky1934
action comedy1936
quota quickie1936
re-release1936
screwball comedy1937
telemovie1937
pickup1939
video film1939
actioner1940
space opera1941
telepic1944
biopic1947
kinescope1949
TV movie1949
pièce noire1951
pièce rose1951
deepie1953
misterioso1953
film noir1956
policier1956
psychodrama1956
free film1958
prequel1958
co-production1959
glossy1960
sexploiter1960
sci-fier1961
tie-in1962
chanchada1963
romcom1963
wuxia1963
chick flick1964
showreel1964
mockumentary1965
sword-and-sandal1965
schlockbuster1966
mondo1967
peplum1968
thriller1968
whydunit1968
schlocker1969
buddy-buddy movie1972
buddy-buddy film1974
buddy film1974
science-fictioner1974
screwball1974
buddy movie1975
slasher movie1975
swashbuckler1975
filmi1976
triptych1976
autobiopic1977
Britcom1977
kidflick1977
noir1977
bodice-ripper1979
chopsocky1981
date movie1983
kaiju eiga1984
screener1986
neo-noir1987
indie1990
bromance2001
hack-and-slash2002
mumblecore2005
dark fantasy2007
hack-and-slay2007
gorefest2012
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society > communication > broadcasting > television > [noun] > a television broadcast > types of
nemo1927
telecinema1928
teletalkie1929
telecine1935
colourcast1947
schools television1952
pilot1953
instructional television1954
telepolitics1958
tele-vérité1964
access1970
telefilm1971
bottle show1976
reality television1978
bottle episode2003
1919 C. E. DeLand Psychic Trio xv. 137 He trammed to the music hall, where an assembly were witnessing a tele-film production of an Italian opera that had been presented the previous night in Rome.
1946 Billboard 2 Nov. 10/4 Equipment will be installed for antennas plus special booth space for processing of telefilms.
1971 Films in Rev. Aug. 422/1 Some 53 telefilms were telecast. Lest you forget: a telefilm is a feature-length movie made for exhibition via television.
2015 Newsday (N.Y.) (Nexis) 3 Apr. a16 Circumstances take a dire turn in the time-honored manner of telefilms from the women's cable channel Lifetime.
2. As a mass noun: the making of films or other programmes for television considered as an industry; such films or programmes collectively or as a genre.
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1929 Citizen (Gloucester) 8 Aug. 1/2 Baird..has already gone so far with the perfection of television, telefilm, and teletalkie that he can devote himself largely to noctovision.
1939 Telephone Directory: Los Angeles Extended Area June 1003/1 Telefilm 16 mm Productions Co. 6039 Hollywood bl.
1958 Times 20 Nov. 3/4 Plans were announced for the largest Anglo-American co-production scheme yet envisaged in the field of the tele-film.
1975 New Yorker 19 May 88/2 It has been translated into telefilm with a greater concern for the Indian position than has been shown by most filmmakers in the past.
2009 M. Curtin & J. Shattuc Amer. Television Industry i. 8 CBS was a leading innovator of telefilm working in conjunction with one of its comedy stars... The recorded programmes could be used for retransmission.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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