A movie camera, used to film motion pictures. Emoji

Objects

A classic analog movie camera, typically shown in shades of grey or black with two large film reels on top and a lens pointed to the side. It represents professional filmmaking and traditional motion picture production.

Usage Context

Widely used to announce the recording of a video, signal that you are heading to the cinema, or highlight a red-carpet event. It frequently appears alongside emojis like 🎬, 🎞️, or 🍿 to discuss movies or creative media projects.

History

Added in Unicode 6.0 in 2010, this design reflects the industry standard 35mm cameras that defined the golden age of cinema. While digital cameras have since taken over the industry, this icon remains the universal shorthand for the act of capturing moving images.

Details

Glyph

🎥

Unicode

U+1F3A5

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f3a5:

HTML Entity

&#xD83C;&#xDFA5;

Specifications

Vendor Twitter/X

Category Objects

Subcategory light & video

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Twemoji Attribution

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