Cinematography Activity 2

Extreme Closeup

The extreme close-up shot is traditionally used in film to allow the viewer to enter the character’s intimate space, revealing certain characteristics and emotions that would otherwise go unnoticed from afar.

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Extreme Long Shot

 In film, a view of a scene that is shot from a considerable distance, so that people appear as indistinct shapes. An extreme long shot, on the other hand, is a shot that frames the character or subject from a distance and focuses primarily on their surroundings. This shot is often used as an establishing shot for location or setting, before focusing on the character or scene

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Medium Shot

The medium shot, sometimes also called a mid-shot or waist shot, is a film shot that stretches from around the waist (or sometimes the knees) of a subject up to their head. (Sometimes people also use it to refer to full-length views.) The director of photography uses a medium shot to clearly show the actor’s face and emotions while still informing the audience of what’s going on in the world around them.

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