Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

medium shot

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.51 in modern English

Syllables: medi-um shot
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Example Sentences

"The film then cuts to a medium shot, not of Marguerite but of Faust looking in the girl's direction with the devil posed somewhat artistically behind him, and the two begin to sing."

Inflected Forms

medium shots (plural)

Questions

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

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