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Remember that depth of field is almost non-existent at short subject distances with a wide aperture.
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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
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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
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Noun
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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
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To the narcissist, all other people are cardboard cutouts, two-dimensional animated cartoon characters, or symbols.—
Olivia Muenter,
Woman's Day,
14 June 2022
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Abraham’s performance in season 2 of The White Lotus earned him a Golden Globe nomination for best supporting actor in a limited series, anthology or motion picture made for television.—
Catherine Santino,
People.com,
16 Feb. 2025
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The motion picture business saw revenue and segment profit decreased to $309 million (from $443 million) and $83.6 million (from $100.4 million), respectively, on tough comparisons with last year’s theatrical releases of The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes and Saw X.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
6 Feb. 2025
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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
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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
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While competitors are churning out sleek new models with cutting-edge features, Tesla hasn't introduced a new vehicle in Europe since the Model Y in 2021.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
15 Feb. 2025
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Bissell Pet Hair Eraser Cordless Handheld Vacuum $69 at Wayfair The powerful suction is one of the vacuum’s most impressive features.—
Shea Simmons,
People.com,
15 Feb. 2025
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Her next short, the comedic musical Calamity Jane will premiere on Max later this year.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
10 Feb. 2025
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Alix Earle Alix Earle wore a satin plunging blazer with baggy denim shorts, completing her look with open-toe heels, gold hoop earrings and rimless Chanel sunglasses.—
Renan Botelho,
WWD,
9 Feb. 2025
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Yet in the best documentary category voters swerved the Palestinian-Israeli co-production No Other Land, the Oscar frontrunner, to award Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story, which is not even nominated.—
Sarah Crompton,
Vogue,
17 Feb. 2025
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What To Know The Netflix documentary series American Murder: Gabby Petito will include text messages, video footage and excerpts from Petito's personal journals.—
Marni Rose McFall,
Newsweek,
17 Feb. 2025
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His father, Harvey Eisenberg, was an animator and comic book artist who worked on Tom & Jerry, Foxy Fagan and Yogi Bear cartoons alongside William Hanna and Joseph Barbera at MGM and later at their own company.—
Mike Barnes,
The Hollywood Reporter,
14 Feb. 2025
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Maybe instead of rats the cartoon should show sitting ducks.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
13 Feb. 2025
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“Short subject.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/short%20subject. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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