short subject

noun

: a brief often documentary or educational film

Examples of short subject in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web 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 Inspired by the Music of John and Yoko, received Annie nominations for best short subject. Carolyn Giardina, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Jan. 2024 Bowers was nominated for documentary (short subject) three years ago for co-directing A Concerto Is a Conversation, which centered on his conversations with his jazz pianist grandfather. Paul Grein, Billboard, 17 Nov. 2023 Previously, Shine Global won an Academy Award for best documentary short subject with 2013’s coming-of-age film Inocente. Sydney Odman, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Oct. 2022 Clips from the presentation of those awards — film editing, makeup and hairstyling, original score, production design, sound, documentary short subject, animated short and live-action short — will be later incorporated into the broadcast. Los Angeles Times, 17 Mar. 2022 Additional winners included Oscar nominated short Bestia, which won an Annie for best short subject. Carolyn Giardina, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Mar. 2022

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Word History

First Known Use

1908, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of short subject was in 1908

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“Short subject.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/short%20subject. Accessed 29 Mar. 2024.

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