midscene

English

Etymology

From mid- +‎ scene.

Adjective

midscene (not comparable)

1. Relating to the middle of a scene

Adverb

midscene (not comparable)

1. In the middle of a scene
   • 1999 August 13, Jack Helbig, “Master of Unreality”, in Chicago Reader‎:

     Characters appear out of nowhere and change identities midscene.

   • 2000 March 10, Fred Camper, “One Way or Another”, in Chicago Reader‎:

     The film begins abruptly, as if in midscene, with a documentarylike record of a workers' meeting; the credits are followed by an actual documentary segment on housing development in the early 60s, complete with didactic voice-over.

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