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one shot

one shot noun: a camera shot that focuses on a single subject.

Noun

one shot (plural one shots)

  1. A camera shot that focuses on a single subject.
    • When composing a one shot, the subject should usually be centered in the frame.1998, Jerry Martin, Active Video: A Teaching Tool for Every Classroom, →ISBN, page 19
    • Close ups are often one shots, which means that close-up one shots often come at the high points of scenes.2011, Dennis J. Packard, The Film Novelist: Writing a Screenplay and Short Novel in 15 Weeks, →ISBN, page 19

Forms of one shot

pluralone shots

Questions about one shot

What does one shot mean?
One shot means a camera shot that focuses on a single subject.
What part of speech is one shot?
One shot is a noun.
What is the plural of one shot?
The plural of one shot is one shots.

Words near one shot in the dictionary

  1. one pump chump
  2. one pump chumps
  3. one quarter
  4. one seventh
  5. one short
  6. one shot
  7. one shots
  8. one should be so lucky
  9. one should live so long
  10. one should never meet one's heroes
  11. one side

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