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"A film is a petrified fountain of thought." JEAN COCTEAU
...but what is it really?
Is cinema just the movies that we watch in the theatre or on our television screens at home?
Are commercials cinema?
The word cinema, itself, is drawn from the greek word for "movement".
So, are lava lamps cinema? 
Certainly they are art, but they also move and entertain.
Is animation cinema?
Perhaps the cameras that secure our ATM machines or guard our stores are cinema...
Maybe not...
Maybe cinema must be within our control.
In Alameda, California there is a camera that even you have the power to operate.
You may move, focus, and direct the camera. Are you now a cinematographer?
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