featurette
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English
Etymology
Noun
featurette (plural featurettes)
- (film) A relatively short feature film.
- 1949 September 24, “8 Films in '50 Set by De Rochemont”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
- The 1950 production program of the RD-DR Corporation (Reader's Digest-deRochemont) has been expanded to include six hour-length “featurettes” in addition to two longer pictures, it was announced yesterday by Louis de Rochemont, the producer.
- (film) A short film of bonus material, companion to the main feature, frequently part of additional material in a home video release on LaserDisc, DVD, Blu-Ray.
- 2018 April 6, Fabrice Robinet, “Oh for the Days of the Making-Of Featurette — Seriously”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
- With DVDs steadily joining VHS cassettes as extinct technology, what has become of the fun, insightful mixed bag that movie fans came to know as bonus features — the audio commentaries, behind-the-scenes featurettes, bloopers, deleted scenes and alternate endings?
Descendants
- → French: featurette
Translations
a relatively short feature film
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bonus material
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French
Etymology
Borrowed from English featurette.
Noun
featurette f (plural featurettes)
- (film) featurette (bonus material)