SHOT SIZES

WIDE VS EXTREME CLOSE UP

CHRISTMAS/NEW
YEAR

WARM UP
 INTRO
H T T P S : / / Y O U T U . B E / P O
7 R J J 5 3 8 X K
SHOT SIZE

• What can you remember from our cinematography class?

• List as many as you can remember?
SHOT
SIZES
FOCUS ON 2 TYPES OF SHOTS

• Wide shot (Long shot) –WS (LS)

• Extreme Close Up - ECU
THE WIDE SHOT
P U R P O S E - W H E N / W H Y ? W H AT ?
WIDE SHOT

A wide shot also called a long shot, or a full shot, tells the audience; who is in the scene, where the
scene is set and when the scene takes place
• Wide shot: The entire subject appears in the shot, along with some of the surrounding
environment. A wide shot is filmed close enough to emphasize the actor, but far enough away to
show the actor’s location. You can see their whole body within the frame, with enough space
surrounding them to indicate the setting.
• Very wide shot: Halfway between a wide shot and an extreme wide shot, the emphasis is on the
actor’s environment—the actor is barely visible in a very wide shot.
• Extreme wide shot: Filmed from so far away that the audience can no longer see the actor. The
context of an extreme wide shot may indicate that the character(s) are somewhere in the scene,
however. Extreme wide shots are often used as establishing shots.
T H E E X T R E M E
C L O S E U P S H O T
PURPOSE –
WHEN/ WHY?
W H AT ?
EXTREME CLOSE-UP (ECU)

• Close-up shots are filmed in a way that frames the subject tightly, filling the screen with a
particular aspect or detail such as a face, hand or an object for an insert shot
• It tightly frames an actor’s face, making their reaction the main focus in the frame.
• An extreme close-up shot is a more intense version of a close-up, if the face it is usually
showing only the eyes or another part of the face. It can also be used to show.
• This allows the actor to establish a strong emotional connection with the audience, and the
audience to intimately see details in the subject’s face they wouldn’t see otherwise in a wide
shot.
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TARANTINO
E C U H T T P S : / / YO U T U . B E / AT U - J G C 4 9 G O
TASK

• Using your camera or mobile device, shoot a daily ritual, this could be making a sandwich,
brushing teeth, drying hair, making a cup of tea etc.
• Before shooting, create a storyboard of varying shots, consider camera angles and details
required.
• Shoot a sequence of around 10 to 20 quick, extreme close-up shots (and insert shots) to
capture the details and the expressions.
• Shoot a sequence of 3 wide shots to establish who, where and when.
• Later we will edit the sequence, use the wide shots to open the scene, one in the middle of
the scene and one to close the scene.
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