SHOT distances

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In The Good, The Bad and The Ugly a series of quickly changing shots from extreme close up to hip shot and back and forth quickly. The extreme close up heightens the tension between the characters

Up Close with the Close-Up

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In the shining Kubrick uses a medium shot as Jack chases Danny through the maze to make it feel like Jack is right behind Danny and the fact that he is this close means he takes up a lot of the frame which gives him this big formidable presence

Recreating 'The Shining' Hedge Maze, Piece by Piece - InsideHook

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In this scene from Blade Runner 2049 an extreme long shot is used to establish where K is and it is and it shows us this huge city with the orange hues across the sky

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