short subject

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Recent Examples of short subject The last person to accomplish this feat was Charles Guggenheim in 1994, for feature length D-Day Remembered and short subject A Time for Justice, winning for the latter. Lexy Perez, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 Jan. 2025 Documentary feature Documentary short subject International feature film Makeup & hairstyling Music (original score) Music (original song) Animated short film Live-action short film Sound Visual effects When are the 2025 Oscars? Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024 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 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
  • Paramount’s motion picture group president Michael Ireland oversaw the project during its development at 20th Century Fox and acquired the film in turnaround from Disney before bringing it to Paramount under the studio’s chief Brian Robbins.
    Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 22 July 2025
  • Paramount Pictures’ president of the motion picture group Michael Ireland originally oversaw the project throughout its development at 20th Century Fox before acquiring it in turnaround from Disney and bringing it to Paramount under current studio head Brian Robbins.
    Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 22 July 2025
Noun
  • While some dogs eagerly follow the moving pictures and even try to interact with them, others don’t seem to care what's on TV at all.
    Jenny Lehmann, Discover Magazine, 17 July 2025
  • Having got into moving pictures during its New Jersey infancy alongside Thomas Edison, Fox was in a powerful position to make a move for MGM.
    Chris Yogerst, HollywoodReporter, 3 July 2025
Noun
  • That’s why flexibility is the most important feature of any estate plan built today.
    Luke Britt, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025
  • But psychiatrists struggled to pinpoint a single feature that unified the diagnosis.
    Rachel Aviv, New Yorker, 21 July 2025
Noun
  • The collection will include men’s and women’s apparel and headwear, including swimwear, board shorts, volleys, fleeces, Ts, hats among other items.
    Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 15 July 2025
  • The fabric retains its Slim Aarons appeal today and continues to turn up in polos or lounge shorts, though some more creative labels have dared used it to craft guayaberas and even safari shirts.
    Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 14 July 2025
Noun
  • The documentary has already deepened the connection between SB19 and their fans.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 23 July 2025
  • Totality Seeking to unearth stories from individuals and communities from Mazatlan, Mexico, to Bonavista, Newfoundland, on April 8, 2024, is Totality, a 90-minute documentary from Sandbox Films.
    Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 23 July 2025
Noun
  • Ben, now 24, was schooled from an early age in classic Disney cartoons from the 1920s, ’30s and ’40s, thanks to the great Disney Treasures DVD sets.
    Carole Horst, Variety, 16 July 2025
  • For Obst, the creation of the play provided a real creative leap when Peanuts Worldwide, the company that manages the licensing of Schulz’s famous cartoon gang, granted her team the rare chance to write for its legendary characters.
    Megan Fitzgerald, Miami Herald, 16 July 2025

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“Short subject.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/short%20subject. Accessed 30 Jul. 2025.

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