short subject

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Recent Examples of short subject Remember that depth of field is almost non-existent at short subject distances with a wide aperture. PCMAG, 26 Mar. 2024 Full Frame is also a qualifying festival for the Academy Award documentary film short subject. Addie Morfoot, Variety, 14 Mar. 2024 Richard Trank is an Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker who has written and directed 14 feature and short subject documentaries. Richard Trank, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Mar. 2024 Indeed, the Academy created a short subjects branch in 1941, back when short films preceded feature films in many theaters. Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Feb. 2024 See All Example Sentences for short subject
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Noun
  • Olivia Rodrigo went vintage for Halloween this year, opting to dress up as the iconic animated cartoon character, Betty Boop.
    Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 31 Oct. 2022
  • To the narcissist, all other people are cardboard cutouts, two-dimensional animated cartoon characters, or symbols.
    Olivia Muenter, Woman's Day, 14 June 2022
Noun
  • The Academy will continue its mission to recognize and uphold excellence in the motion picture arts and sciences, inspire imagination, and connect the world through the medium of motion pictures.
    Jay Ginsbach, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2025
  • Ben Browning, FilmNation’s president of motion pictures, believes that what could be seen as a disadvantage actually gives the company an edge.
    Clayton Davis, Variety, 28 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The story is deceptively simple, but the way the animators create moving pictures to mimic medieval-style stained glass is singular.
    Josh Spiegel, Vulture, 24 July 2024
  • Throughout all of his work, perhaps most memorably in the warped noir of his television series Twin Peaks, Lynch steered composers to create music as inexplicably haunting as his moving pictures.
    Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 17 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Volusion has a few interesting marketing features, like its Google integration.
    Robert Anderson, PCMAG, 27 Feb. 2025
  • As a result, the auricular muscles became weaker and are now considered a vestigial feature—an evolutionary leftover that’s no longer necessary but hasn’t completely disappeared.
    Clarissa Brincat, Popular Science, 27 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Wearing a dark pink T shirt and light colored shorts, Brooks appears at the traffic stop a few minutes after receiving the frantic call.
    Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 7 Mar. 2025
  • He was last seen wearing a brown shirt and camouflage shorts, police said.
    Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • That spontaneous meme provides a lighthearted moment in the documentary.
    Matthew Carey, Deadline, 1 Mar. 2025
  • In the documentary, Hutchins’ friend, director Rachel Mason, goes on the record to talk about the tragedy and the experience of losing a beloved friend and colleague.
    Matt Minton, Variety, 1 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • If they weren’t dressed as animals, beer bottles, giant burritos, glittery unicorns, or cartoon and video game characters, runners had on foam reindeer antlers.
    Gregory Wakeman, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Mar. 2025
  • In the footage, the trio is shown accidentally killing a man named Mojo, a deviation from the cartoon's villain Mojo Jojo.
    Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 7 Mar. 2025

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“Short subject.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/short%20subject. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.

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