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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a test screening" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a preliminary showing of a film or video to an audience for feedback before its official release.
Example: "The director was nervous about the audience's reaction during a test screening of the new film."
Alternatives: "a preview screening" or "a trial screening".
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At a test screening last week the audience loved it.
Once in a test screening someone wrote 'fuck off fag' on the audience card afterwards.
She said 91percentt of the viewers at a test screening approved it.
Aborted after a test screening, Universal then picked up on the movie version, out next year.
Then, in August, at a test screening in suburban Phoenix, the audience responded equivocally.
One movie executive's wife would allegedly "vomit in disgust" at a test screening before the film was eventually made public.
The first hint Smith got that there might be a problem was after a test screening early last year.
"I remember a test screening where kids started crying when Sparky turns into a monster," Burton recalled.
They watched it again with an audio overlay from the crowd at a test screening: yep, laughs.
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I hated what Andie ended up doing to her dress, I hated beyond hate that she didn't end up with Duckie (a test-screening-created ending that has been a whole heap of wrong ever since geek-loving film-geeks first congregated).
On 2 April 2011 a test screening of the film was held in Chicago.
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