Film, Photography, and Television (originally U.S.). A shot which includes figures or scenery at a distance. Contrasted with close-up, n. a.

a shot taken through a sheet of glass bearing a painted or photographed image of part of the setting, which has been placed in front of the camera so…

A cinema or television shot taken at short range in order to magnify detail; any photograph taken at short range; also, photography in which the…

a shot or footage taken from the air, esp. by a camera filming the action from an aircraft (now often a drone); (also) a photograph taken using…

Photography and Film. A shot in which the camera is pointing obliquely at the subject.

a cinematographic or television shot intermediate between a close-up and a long shot.

Part of a cinema film taken at a distance, as distinguished from a ‘close-up’. ? Obsolete.

a shot in which the camera is in motion while filming; cf. tracking shot n. at tracking, n.1 compounds.

Cinematography and Photography. A camera shot that changes smoothly from a long shot to a close-up, or vice versa, without loss of focus; the act…

a camera shot taken with a zoom lens.

a shot made using process projection.

Designating a cinema or television ‘shot’ taken with the camera at a short distance from the subject (cf. close-up, n.); so close-medium shot (see…

a cinematographic or television shot intermediate between a medium shot (see medium shot n.) and a close-up.

Film and Television. The opposite angle from which the subject was seen in the preceding shot; a shot filmed from this angle.

= reverse-angle shot n. (b) at reverse angle, n. compounds 2.

a shot with three people in the frame.

a camera shot which pivots up or down in a vertical plane.

= medium close-up n.

a shot in a film, video, etc., depicting a person's response to an event, statement, or the like.

a shot during which the camera tracks (track, v.1 3e).

= library shot n. at library, n.1 compounds 2.

a camera shot which is tilted so the frame is not level, esp. used to portray disorientation, tension, or unease.

Cinematography. (See quots. and cf. cheat, v. 7). Also cheat shot.

That establishes; sustaining, supporting; spec. (Cinematography) in establishing shot. (Cf. establish, v. 5d.)

= master shot n.

Cinematography. (In sense 4 of the verb) trucking shot n. = tracking shot n. at tracking, n.1 compounds.

a cinema or television shot of two people together.

a shot inserted to show a change in time, place, etc., between two scenes, for instance showing the pages of a calendar turning, or a train in motion.

A photograph or sequence of film of a person's entire body, rather than just the head. Cf. head shot, n. 2.

(see quot.).

a long shot of a complete sequence of action, which may be intercut with close-ups, etc., when edited.

a shot taken at a medium distance; spec. one showing a person from the waist up.

medium shot.

Film. A shot in which the scene appears to recede (originally as a result of the camera being pulled back).

medium close-up.

In a filmed interview: a brief shot of the interviewer (or interviewee) appearing to be listening or nodding in agreement, usually recorded after…

a continuous shot in which the camera moves around the subject being filmed.

slang. = come shot n. at come, n.1 compounds. Cf. pop, v.1 12a.