FLS 360 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Jump Cut, The Sequence, Birds Eye View
6 Sep 2016
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Different cinematic shots are defined by the amount of subject matter that"s included within the frame of the screen. They also vary considerably: a medium shot to one director may be considered a close-up for another. The longer the shot, the less precise are the designations. Shots tend to be determined on the basis of how much of the human figure is in view. The more area a shot covers, the less detailed it is. The less area it covers, the more disorienting the image is in terms of its wider context. Expressionist directors tend to favor the closer shots: these fragment real space into a series of detailed pieces of the whole. Extreme long shot: taken from a great distance: almost always an exterior shot, shows much of the locale, serve as spatial frames of reference for the closer shots. Due to this, sometimes called establishing shots.
