Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

medium long shot

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.49 in modern English

Syllables: medi-um -long shot
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A shot (snapshot or series of film exposures) taken from enough distance to show a character from the knees on up, wider than a medium shot but tighter than a long shot.

Example Sentences

"A long shot or medium long shot will most successfully cover all of the action during the meeting of the two characters."
"The size of a medium long shot is also ideal to establish the dynamics of a relationship between characters, by the way they are placed within the composition (by using Hitchcock's rule, or balanced/unbalanced framings, for instance)."

Inflected Forms

medium long shots (plural)

Synonyms

American shot cowboy shot

Questions

What does medium long shot mean?: A shot (snapshot or series of film exposures) taken from enough distance to show a character from the knees on up, wider than a medium shot but tighter than a long shot.

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