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[yoko1031]

I want to ask
1) what is the difference between spectator, audience and viewer?
2) how to present or what is the word(s) means that 'when a film begins to be/ is already shown on the cinemas'?
3) what is the difference between movies and film?
Thank you!
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yoko*_*

[bud]

1.

Spectator - Usually this refers to sporting events. A spectator is a person who is there watching the event.

Audience - Usually it refers to the people who are present to watch a movie, a play, a concert, a speech, an awards show, etc. Also, television audience and radio audience refer to the people watching and listening to a broadcast program.

Viewer - Usually this refers to TV. A viewer is one person in the television audience. Television audience = all of the viewers.

A person watching a sporting event on TV is a viewer, not a spectator.

2. The first day of a movie being shown is called the premiere. You could say:

It will premiere on Friday.
It premiered last Friday.
It premieres today.
It's coming out on Friday.
It starts on Friday.

Also common for a movie being shown:

It's in the theaters now.
It's out. (It has premiered and is still in the theaters - usually said shortly after the premiere, not several weeks later.)
It's being shown now.
It's playing now.
It came out last Friday.

3. They're often synonymous. Someone in the movie business is more likely to use film than movie, I think. In some contexts, film means movies plus anything else on film: documentaries, news reels, shorts (short movies), etc.

[yoko1031]

Thanks very much!!
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yoko*_*