split screen
noun
: a film or video technique in which the frame is divided into discrete nonoverlapping images
also
: the visual composition based on this technique
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And Wang plays with his audience’s perceptions of what is actually going on in and around the pair with the aid of ambitious stylistic flourishes that include roving cameras, split screens, and an ongoing dance between what’s real and what’s imagined.
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Mathew Scott, HollywoodReporter, 13 June 2025
The performance opened with a split screen of Becky G opening the song in a club setting, while Turizo walked through the audience before the two made their way to each other and sang together while strutting through the aisles with dancers.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 26 May 2025
The original version on Sega Dreamcast did not include local split screen as an option.
—David Jagneaux, Forbes.com, 27 Apr. 2025
McKenna said there’s also a notable split screen between how members of the parties are responding to key Senate retirements.
—Caroline Vakil, The Hill, 23 Apr. 2025
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Mathew Scott, HollywoodReporter, 13 June 2025
The performance opened with a split screen of Becky G opening the song in a club setting, while Turizo walked through the audience before the two made their way to each other and sang together while strutting through the aisles with dancers.
—Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 26 May 2025
The original version on Sega Dreamcast did not include local split screen as an option.
—David Jagneaux, Forbes.com, 27 Apr. 2025
McKenna said there’s also a notable split screen between how members of the parties are responding to key Senate retirements.
—Caroline Vakil, The Hill, 23 Apr. 2025
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“Split screen.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/split%20screen. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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