Cinematography-Theory-And-Practice

Full shot or head-to-toe.Cowboy. Outside the US, sometimescalled the American shot.Medium. Also, any shot that shows aperson alone is a single.Three T’s or Medium Close-up. Close-up or head and shoulders. Choker or big head close-up.Extreme close-up (ECU). It’s OK to givethem a “haircut.”Two shot. Any shot of two people is atwo shot.Three shot. ‘nuff said.A 50-50. Don’t use it as a cheap substitutefor getting proper coverage.An over-the-shoulder (OTS). A veryimportant shot in filmmaking.The answering shot for the OTS atleft.Figure 2.14. There is a fairly standard repertoire of shots that are commonly used in film. You are not by any meanslimited to these shot. It’s just that these are the most common ones that have names. There are some variations inthe names from place to place, but overall they are fairly consistent.cinematography22