short film

collocation in English

meaningsofshortandfilm

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short
adjective
uk
/ʃɔːt/us
/ʃɔːrt/
small in length, distance, ...
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film
noun
uk
/fɪlm/us
/fɪlm/
mainly UK
a series of moving pictures, usually shown in a cinema or on television and often telling ...
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(Definition ofshortandfilmfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofshort film

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Nunns has also become adept at improvising to moving images as a method of constructing documentary andshortfilmscores, and feels comfortable with the approach.
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For these reasons, among others, it has been decided that there should be a separate quota for theshortfilm.
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No renter or exhibitor in this country is compelled to rent or show ashortfilm.
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Sometimes they charge a rental which is out of all proportion in respect of a particularshortfilm.
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They also provide that payments over £30,000 will be made at the flat rate; and that noshortfilmshould receive more than £50,000 from the levy.
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But it is fair to say that but for the fact of theshortfilmthat young lady would to-day be unknown to the public.
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There is a new basis of computation, firstly, the separation of theshortfilmquota; and, secondly, the provision for double and treble counting.
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She came into the cinema world first of all in a two-reelshortfilm.
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Ashortfilmillustrating modern winter building techniques suitable for the medium-sized and smaller firms has been produced.
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Ashortfilmhas also been made available.
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The present position is that unless something desperate is done to raise the standards of theshortfilmproducers they are going under.
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Oneshortfilmwas completed in two weeks.
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The following week we went back and saw an interestingshortfilmabout men flying aeroplanes.
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I do not think there is the slightest danger of theshortfilmbeing cut out of the programme.
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It has developed a new technique in the veryshortfilm, which combines instruction and information and exhortation and in no way irritates the audience.
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Any sum subtracted to improve the position of theshortfilmmaker would correspondingly depress the position of the feature film maker.
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We shall begin with ashortfilmsummarising the history of this notable day.
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There has been no obligation up to the present to rent or show ashortfilm.
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Secondly, this type of cinema is a type which is particularly suitable for a programme comprising a single feature and ashortfilm.
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