featurette
noun
fea·tur·ette
| \ ˈfē-chər-ˌet
, ˌfē-chər-ˈet\
, ˌfē-chər-ˈet\
Definition of featurette
: a short film
especially
: a short documentary film about the making of a full-length movie
Examples of featurette in a Sentence
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The tribute, timed to what would have been Ball's 108th birthday, is a collection of five classic episodes of the inimitable TV show, along with a new featurette about the colorization process. — Pamela Mcclintock, The Hollywood Reporter, "Box Office: 'I Love Lucy' Tribute Posts Huge Grosses on Lucille Ball's Birthday," 7 Aug. 2019 This new featurette shows off another group of pilots and a bit more of the high-stakes racing that will take place in the show. — Andrew Liptak, The Verge, "Meet the pilots of Star Wars Resistance in a new featurette," 14 Sep. 2018 Exclusively watch an Annabelle Comes Home behind-the-scenes featurette about Judy Spera, above. — Clark Collis, EW.com, "Annabelle Comes Home featurette spotlights the Warrens' real-life daughter Judy," 6 June 2019 As co-showrunner David Benioff pointed out in HBO's behind-the-episode featurette, the audience is supposed to think Jon failed. — Julie Kosin, Harper's BAZAAR, "Game of Thrones: People Are Dragging Jon Snow for Being, Well, an Idiot," 29 Apr. 2019 Not surprisingly, characters from the featurette later invade the main feature, bringing forth an editorial apology on screen. — Robert Osborne, The Hollywood Reporter, "'Monty Python's The Meaning of Life': THR's 1983 Review," 31 Mar. 2018 The first trailer for Star Wars Resistance has already launched, but Lucasfilm has also released a new featurette that introduces the series’s primary characters. — Andrew Liptak, The Verge, "This new featurette introduces the characters of Star Wars Resistance," 29 Aug. 2018 The featurette shows off each pilot and their ship. — Andrew Liptak, The Verge, "Meet the pilots of Star Wars Resistance in a new featurette," 14 Sep. 2018 The featurette adds some familiar characters — General Leia and BB-8 — which helps establish the timeline as just before the sequel trilogy that began with The Force Awakens. — Andrew Liptak, The Verge, "This new featurette introduces the characters of Star Wars Resistance," 29 Aug. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'featurette.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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