medium long shot
medium long shot noun: a shot (snapshot or series of film exposures) taken from enough distance to show a character from the knees on up, wider than a medium shot but tighter than a long shot.
Noun
medium long shot (plural medium long shots)
- A shot (snapshot or series of film exposures) taken from enough distance to show a character from the knees on up, wider than a medium shot but tighter than a long shot.
- A long shot or medium long shot will most successfully cover all of the action during the meeting of the two characters.2012, Christopher J. Bowen, Roy Thompson, Grammar of the Shot, page 45
- The size of a medium long shot is also ideal to establish the dynamics of a relationship between characters, by the way they are placed within the composition (by using Hitchcock's rule, or balanced/unbalanced framings, for instance).2013, Gustavo Mercado, The Filmmaker's Eye, page 53
- Synonyms:
- American shot, cowboy shot
Synonyms of medium long shot
Forms of medium long shot
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Questions about medium long shot
- What does medium long shot mean?
- Medium long shot means a shot (snapshot or series of film exposures) taken from enough distance to show a character from the knees on up, wider than a medium shot but tighter than a long shot.
- What part of speech is medium long shot?
- Medium long shot is a noun.
- What is the plural of medium long shot?
- The plural of medium long shot is medium long shots.
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