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Audiovisual Production: Shot types and framing · Shot Sizes

How shot sizes from extreme long shot to extreme close-up shape what viewers see, feel and understand in a scene.

Audiovisual Production · 24 questions

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1. What is the main job of an establishing shot at the start of a scene?

  1. Introducing the main character's face
  2. Signaling that the story is ending
  3. Showing where the scene takes place
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Answer: Showing where the scene takes place

An establishing shot is usually wide and orients viewers to the location and the layout of the space before the action gets closer.

2. Sergio Leone's westerns cut between extreme close-ups of gunfighters' eyes before a duel. What does that framing mainly add?

  1. A clear sense of the town's layout
  2. Information about who stands where
  3. Tension through tiny facial reactions
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Answer: Tension through tiny facial reactions

Filling the frame with the eyes makes the smallest flicker of expression huge, stretching suspense, while it deliberately hides the surrounding geography.

3. A shot framing a person from about the waist up is usually called what?

  1. A full shot
  2. A close-up
  3. A medium shot
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Answer: A medium shot

The medium shot cuts around the waist, showing posture and gestures while keeping the face readable.

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