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medium shots

medium shots is the plural of medium shot.

Meaning of medium shot

Noun

medium shot (plural medium shots)

  1. A shot (snapshot or series of film exposures) taken from enough distance to show a character from the waist on up, wider than a close up but tighter than a medium long shot.
    • The film then cuts to a medium shot, not of Marguerite but of Faust looking in the girl's direction with the devil posed somewhat artistically behind him, and the two begin to sing.2014, Jennifer Fleeger, Sounding American: Hollywood, Opera, and Jazz, page 81

Questions about medium shots

What is medium shots the plural of?
Medium shots is the plural of medium shot.

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