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- noun Alternative spelling of
screen time .
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Examples
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Correct me if I’m wrong, but screentime is pretty important to actors.
Twilight Lexicon » Dakota Fanning: More of a Done Deal? 2009
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Rhys and Gwen have a great deal more screentime than the previous series.
Torchwood Series 3: Day Two Episode Review « Monster Scifi Show Blog 2009
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If their screentime equates with their page time, we'll see them play off two of my favourite main characters a lot.
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Just cause he's done two excellent superhero films in which there were a lot of them and everyone was well developed and had just enough screentime.
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I lived Catherine of Aragon and looked forward to every bit of screentime with her (which naturally meant more Chapuys, one of my favorite secondary characters).
Requiem for a Queen grrm 2010
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Paying attention to all of the original cast members also means new characters — already overhyped online, natch -- like Sugar and Mercedes' new boyfriend Bubba will add "a sort of great flavor and spice" to the show but won't be taking away screentime from say, Tina (Jenna Ushkowitz) or Artie (Kevin McHale).
How Glee Boss Ryan Murphy Plans to Win You Back in Season 3 2011
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I was still in the army in 1954 when Fred Zinnemann's expertly wrought movie condensed its 860 pages to two hours of screentime, craftily getting around the Hollywood Production Code and persuading the US army to collaborate on the production.
From Here to Eternity Philip French 2010
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Make sure that all of your child's free time is not screentime.
Fran Lasker: Are You Buying Toys That Stunt Your Child's Brain? Fran Lasker 2011
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By our estimate, he's already logged the same amount of screentime with her as Shane.
Glee Goes to Sectionals: Ranking the Stories and Songs of "Hold on to 16" 2011
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Furthermore, even with that comparably truncated length, the film wastes valuable first-act screentime with business that arguably should have been dealt with in the last picture.
Scott Mendelson: HuffPost Review: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part II Scott Mendelson 2011
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