Hollywoodnoun
uk/ˈhɒl.i.wʊd/us/ˈhɑː.li.wʊd/the centre of the US film industry
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Cinema - general words
- 12A
- animation
- animator
- best boy
- Bollywood
- boom
- CGI
- filming
- filmstrip
- footage
- freeze-frame
- gaffer
- pan
- shoot
- slide projector
- slow motion
- soundtrack
- storyboard
- stunt
- the big screen 1
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Examples from literature
- Do you like big Hollywood action movies, with fights and guns and fast car chases?
- He was in movies in Hollywood.
- His book about the terrible six-day ordeal became a best-seller and was made into a successful Hollywood film.
- In science-fiction books and Hollywood movies, the aliens are often “little green men” with long, thin bodies, very large eyes, and hands with only three long fingers.
- This, at least, is the impression you might get from many Hollywood movies.
- Today, makeup is still closely connected with the glamour of Hollywood.
- Two Hollywood movies showed this new surfer culture to the world.
- With the birth of cinema in the early 20th century, Hollywood began a love affair with space travel and science fiction, which continues to this day.