screen test

noun

a filmed audition to determine the suitability of an individual for appearing or acting in a motion picture.

screen-test

[ skreen-test ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

to give a screen test to:
The studio screen-tested 400 children before casting the part.

screen test

First recorded in 1920–25

First recorded in 1965–70; v. use of noun phrase screen test

Then I met Jeff for the screen test and got on like a house on fire.

In a filmed "Screen Test", Andy turned the singer into his creation.

A screen test of the Factory Superstar tests her patience – and ours.

Another Warhol “Screen Test”, this time shot in early 1965, and putting a static Edie Sedgwick on screen for four minutes.

I met everyone at ESPN, did a screen test on the Baseball Tonight set.

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