screen test

¹

noun

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

screen-test

²

[ skreen-test ]

verb (used with object)

1. to give a screen test to:

   The studio screen-tested 400 children before casting the part.

verb (used without object)

1. to undergo a screen test:

   Dozens of actors have screen-tested for the role.

screen test

noun

1. a filmed audition of a prospective actor or actress to test suitability
2. the test film so made

Word History and Origins

Origin of screen test¹

First recorded in 1920–25

Origin of screen test²

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

Example Sentences

After multiple callbacks, auditions, screen tests, and chemistry reads, she turned out to be right.

From Essence.com

In February 2020, W first experimented on TikTok but took a year-long hiatus until this February when it started producing original content for the platform, including its ASMR and screen test series.

From Digiday

There was a scene in the screen test about a separation, where I cried buckets.

From Washington Post

I was fortunate enough to do a screen test, and the owner felt like I had some political opinions that might be kind of fun to put on air.

From Ozy

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast