What does 🎥 Movie Camera mean?
An old-school film camera. It stands for filmmaking, movies and recording video, from Hollywood and Bollywood productions to a quick phone vlog. Creators add it to behind-the-scenes posts, film students to project updates, and fans to trailer reactions. It also signals “rolling” or “now filming”. For the moment a scene starts, 🎬 is the clapper, while 📹 suggests a handheld camcorder.
🎥 Movie Camera is an emoji from the Objects category (cameras, film & lights), added in Emoji 0.6 in 2010. People use it in messages about bollywood, cinema, film, hollywood and record.
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🎥 Movie Camera on Apple, Google, Microsoft & more
The code is the same everywhere, but every company draws its own artwork. This is how Movie Camera looks on each platform.
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How do I copy and paste the Movie Camera emoji?
Press the Copy button at the top of this page and 🎥 is copied to your clipboard. Then paste it anywhere with Ctrl+V, Cmd+V or a long press on your phone. In Slack, Discord and GitHub you can also type the shortcode :movie_camera:.
When was the Movie Camera emoji added?
🎥 Movie Camera was added in Emoji 0.6, released in 2010. It is supported on all current versions of iOS, Android, Windows and macOS.
Why does 🎥 look different on my phone?
Every platform draws its own artwork for Movie Camera. The underlying code (U+1F3A5) is the same everywhere, so the person you send it to always gets the same emoji, just in their device’s style. Compare the designs in the platform section above.