Use of Long Shots Notes

 Use of long shots

  • A long shot is a term used in filmmaking, video production, and photography, and is sometimes called a full shot or wide shot. 


  • Typically, the entire person, object, or figure can be seen, therefore showing how it is related to the surroundings. 


  • Establishing shots and extreme wide shots are from so far back, encompassing an entire scene, almost any variety of camera will work for those. 


  • Extreme long shots can be taken from as much as a quarter of a mile away.
  • It's generally used to set the scene, perhaps as an establishing shot.
  • It will normally be the exterior, such as the outside of the building, or possibly the landscape.
  • It can also so scenes full of action, such as war movies, science-fiction movies, and movies about natural disasters.

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