| Vocabulary: | lcgft |
| Type: | form/genre |
| Status: | approved heading [active] |
| Date Created: | 2011-05-05 00:00:00 |
| Date Modified: | 2012-05-02 09:31:29 |
Fiction films
Alternate Terms
Dramatic-narrative films
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Entertainment films
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Fictional films
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Fictive films
Broader Concepts
Sources
- Yee, M. Moving image materials, 1988 (Fiction: use for films and programs portraying imaginary characters and events)
- Films by genre, c1993 (fictional film; UF dramatic-narrative film, fiction film, fictive film; the fictional film -- film drama, film play, screen drama, screenplay, or story film as it has sometimes been called -- is a film in which actors perform in front of a camera to create fictitious situations or tell an invented story with the purpose of showing it to an audience; hence the terms entertainment film, theatrical film, and feature film have also been used with analogous meaning; fictional film or fiction film stands in opposition to factual or documentary film)
