Meaning of medium long shot | Babel Free

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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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“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).”

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