🎥️ Movie camera emoji

A movie camera or film camera, a device for recording motion pictures on film stock. Features the classic boxy design with lens, viewfinder, and film reels that defined cinema production throughout the 20th century.

Movie cameras capture sequential still images at high speed (typically 24 frames per second) to create the illusion of motion when played back. They were essential tools for Hollywood productions, documentaries, and independent filmmaking before digital video technology.

Represents filmmaking, cinema production, movie-making, and the art of visual storytelling. Often used to indicate recording videos, creating content, or discussing film and entertainment industry. Related to 🎬 Clapper board and 🎞️ Film frames for movie production themes.

Could also be called Film camera, video camera, cinema camera or movie recorder emoji.

Other meanings

Filmmaking, video recording, cinema production, movie industry, visual storytelling

Example Usage

Shooting a documentary with vintage movie camera 🎥 equipment

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Visual description

A boxy film camera with prominent lens, viewfinder on top, and visible film reels, showing the classic design of professional movie equipment.

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