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featurette

featurette

1 6.1
A short film that shows how a movie was made
  • noun
  • /ˌfiːtʃəˈrɛt/
translation icon : cortometraje
  • There's a really good featurette about Bertolucci's symbolism and it's just brilliantly, brilliantly done.
  • Disney featurette
  • a new featurette
  • the making of... featurette

They'd rather make a little featurette about ATV show.

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Examples

  • If you are unable to check it out yet (or just jonesing for more), here is a newly released featurette that takes us behind the scenes.

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  • Once I watched the featurette that was released a few months ago, I became overwhelmed with excitement for the movie.

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  • This is a great featurette for fans of the film.

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  • Not according to the Making Of featurette.

  • Two new featurettes explore just how difficult this film must have been to make.

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  • Plus a lengthy new behind-the-scenes featurette.

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  • THE EXTRAS: The only supplement is a behind-the-scenes featurette titled, "Behind the Scenes."

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  • Here's a look at the making of The Impossible, in a featurette that includes an interview with the real-life wife and mother who fights against all.

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  • The DVD release of Touch includes only a few special features, including the extended pilot episode, deleted scenes, and two featurettes, "Fate's Equations" and "Touch the World."

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  • The cast shares their experiences in a behind-the-scenes featurette that highlights the making of the film.

Synonyms

webisode
vsfeaturette
  • Texting
3 5.9

A short online video that is part of a series

is offered as bonus behind the scenes content not as an episodic release
short subject
vsfeaturette
  • US
2 6.5

A short film shown before the main movie in a cinema

is included as bonus behind the scenes content rather than a pre-film screening

How Long

feature film
40 2.8
featurette
1 6.1
short subject
  • US
2 6.5
clip
526 1.9

Surface Forms

featurette singular
featurettes plural

Morphology

featurette = feature (transparent) = feature + ette

Built from 'feature' (as in feature film) + '-ette' meaning a shorter/smaller version, yielding 'short film' used as extra content.

Etymology

Featurette comes from the word feature, meaning a main or special part, plus the ending -ette, which means 'small' as in kitchenette. So a featurette is a 'small feature', a short film or video made as extra content to show how the movie was made.