featurette

noun

fea·​tur·​ette ˈfē-chər-ˌet 

ˌfē-chər-ˈet

: a short film

especially : a short documentary film about the making of a full-length movie

Examples of featurette in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Both the digital and physical editions will include special featurettes. —Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025

There is also a singalong version of the film, plus behind-the-scenes making-of featurettes and bloopers. —People Staff, People.com, 7 May 2025

This awesome 5-minute featurette offers a wealth of new footage, costume unveilings, filming snippets, the Daily Planet set, a Kryptonian robot, and more cameras rolling making-of moments, in addition to candid comments by cast and crew and even James Gunn himself. —Jeff Spry, Space.com, 25 Apr. 2025

In a behind-the-scenes featurette released on Max, Pascal acknowledged that fans would be shaken by the emotional moment that Joel is brutally murdered by Abby (Kaitlyn Dever). —Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 22 Apr. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1940, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for featurette

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