screen test
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3.4
- noun
- /skriːn tɛst/
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prueba de cámara
- The director decided to hold a screen test to find the perfect actor for the lead role.
And so I wore this hat again and then I was flown to LA for the screen test.
- And so I wore this hat again and then I was flown to LA for the screen test.
- Right before the screen test, they were kind of saying, OK, these are the characters that we're reading for, MJ being one of them.
- We were like little, little kids, you know, during the screen test.
- You know, it was, it was like a dream come true just to be there until we started the screen test.
- And with each successive screen test it, the first one or two were like, OK, OK, that's good, but I'm nervous.
Examples
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"She's going to have a screen test."
Fiction book (1990) -
Duke, you know I have my screen test in the morning.
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Any idea when I do the screen test?
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Well, at least give him a screen test.
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When I was finished, she was all excited about her big screen test.
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Guess after all those screen tests, she finally got a part.
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All l wanna do is arrange a screen test for you.
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At least, I said, let's give the guy a screen test.
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I remember having a screen test with Dale.
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Saul hired me without a contract, telling me I was temporarily Liesl and warning me that I wouldn't be permanently cast unless I passed the screen test two weeks down the road.
Fiction book (2000)
Synonyms
276
3.5
A short performance to get a role in music, theatre or film
How Extensive
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a test of a display device' is directly compositional from 'screen' (a display) + 'test' (an activity for checking performance). The noun pattern 'X test' is a transparent, productive construction in English (and mirrored in many languages), so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Screen test comes from early movie work when directors filmed an actor to see how they looked and moved on the screen. That short filmed 'test' helped them decide if the actor was right for a part, so today it means a filmed 'audition'.