Film frames Emoji

Objects

A horizontal strip of photographic film featuring three consecutive frames with sprocket holes visible along the edges. It represents the physical medium used to capture and project motion pictures before the industry transitioned to digital formats.

Usage Context

Used to talk about movies, film festivals, or the act of recording videos. It is a go-to choice for social media posts about classic cinema or behind-the-scenes footage, and is frequently paired with 🎥 or 🎬 to complete the theme of filmmaking.

History

Added to the Unicode standard in 2014, this emoji reflects the lingering legacy of celluloid film in an era where digital capture has become the norm. It pays homage to the mechanical nature of traditional movie projectors and early home movie equipment.

Details

Glyph

🎞

Unicode

U+1F39E

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f39e:

HTML Entity

&#xD83C;&#xDF9E;

Specifications

Vendor Twitter/X

Category Objects

Subcategory light & video

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Twemoji Attribution

Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0

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