split screen
noun
: a film or video technique in which the frame is divided into discrete nonoverlapping images
also
: the visual composition based on this technique
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The news feeds occasionally cut to the boisterous arena, lit in lurid blood-red, as if showing MAGA’s id and superego in split screen.
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James Poniewozik, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2025
Energy & Environment The Big Story Trump EPA, Interior picks poised for confirmation
Environment watchers faced a split screen on Thursday as President-elect Trump’s picks to lead the Interior Department and Environmental Protection Agency both faced confirmation hearings.
—Rachel Frazin, The Hill, 16 Jan. 2025
Not long ago, Magal posted an illustration on X of a man standing before a split screen.
—Ruth Margalit, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
The directors, with editors K.A. Mille and Woody Richman, find the unity in da Vinci’s thoughts through extensive use of split screens, never a crucial aesthetic element of the Burns body of work.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Nov. 2024
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James Poniewozik, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2025
Energy & Environment The Big Story Trump EPA, Interior picks poised for confirmation
Environment watchers faced a split screen on Thursday as President-elect Trump’s picks to lead the Interior Department and Environmental Protection Agency both faced confirmation hearings.
—Rachel Frazin, The Hill, 16 Jan. 2025
Not long ago, Magal posted an illustration on X of a man standing before a split screen.
—Ruth Margalit, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025
The directors, with editors K.A. Mille and Woody Richman, find the unity in da Vinci’s thoughts through extensive use of split screens, never a crucial aesthetic element of the Burns body of work.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Nov. 2024
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“Split screen.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/split%20screen. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.
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