Microdrama

Quick meaning: Microdrama is a noun meaning (cinematography) A filming style characterized by close-up camera work focusing on the reactions of a single character.

Meaning

(cinematography) A filming style characterized by close-up camera work focusing on the reactions of a single character.

More Meanings

1. A very short film clip or acted scene.
2. A dramatic interaction or event of very short duration.

Example Sentences

In this microdrama, the blond heroine calls to mind several different heroic or mythic figures from our collective consciousness.

This microdrama reveals the remarkable emotional sophistication that a toddler of just thirty months can bring to bear in trying to manage someone else's emotions.

The central question, then, becomes what kind of relationship can arise between the actors in this microdrama, in this pièce for two characters, which is so typical of the genre under discussion?

Gay Charles spectated the microdrama with a sagacious and equivocal eye. He'd seen it all. Well, he hadn't seen Not Mrs Crackety's headscarf blow off, but he could quite well imagine what it might look like.

Word Forms

• microdramas

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include microcinematograph, macrocinematography, microcinema, minidrama, cinemicrography, microcinematography.

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