close-upn.
/ˈkləʊsʌp/, U.S. /ˈkloʊsˌəp/ Originally U.S.
a. 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 camera is placed very close to the object. Also attributive.
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society > communication > broadcasting > television > production of television broadcast > [noun] > shot > types of shot
long shot1858
close-up1913
medium shot1925
travelling shot1927
medium close-up1933
reverse angle1933
three-shot1934
tilt shot1934
reaction shot1937
tracking shot1940
Dutch angle1947
two-shot1949
mid shot1953
freeze1960
freeze-frame1960
freeze-shot1960
frozen-frame1960
pack shot1960
noddy1982
arc shot1989
society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > a photograph > [noun] > by method of photographing
melainotype1856
pistolgram1860
shot1867
snapshot1890
snap1894
telephotograph1894
Kodak1895
kite-photograph1897
close-up1913
vortograph1917
trick shot1924
Photomaton1927
rayograph1933
filter shot1937
flash1945
streak photograph1950
satellite picture1954
telephoto1960
digital photograph1962
xograph1974
digital photo1986
society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > filming > shot > [noun] > types of
long shot1858
glass shot1908
close-up1913
aerial shot1920
angle shot1922
medium shot1925
far-away1926
travelling shot1927
zoom1930
zoom shot1930
process shot1931
close-medium shot1933
medium close-up1933
reverse angle1933
reverse shot1934
three-shot1934
tilt shot1934
medium-close shot1937
reaction shot1937
tracking shot1940
pan shot1941
stock shot1941
Dutch angle1947
cheat shot1948
establishing shot1948
master-scene1948
trucking shot1948
two-shot1949
bridging shot1951
body shot1952
library shot1953
master shot1953
mid shot1953
MS1953
pullback1957
MCU1959
noddy1982
arc shot1989
pop shot1993
1913 E. W. Sargent Technique Photoplay (ed. 2) ii. 16 A bust is a portrait showing the head and shoulders only, but bust is more definite than close up, which is sometimes used, for close up might also mean a full picture.
1916 E. W. Sargent Technique Photoplay (ed. 3) 391 A continuous scene broken by close-ups of Hester.
1917 The Cinema 113 The ‘close up’ pictures of..a man with a wound bleeding in his head.
1933 A. Brunel Filmcraft 155 Close-up, abbreviated C.U. An ordinary close-up of a face includes the shoulders and part of the chest.
1937 Discovery May 152/1 A close-up camera was necessary.
1939 War Illustr. 16 Dec. 423 In this page are close-ups of every type of fighter aircraft.
1957 Observer 8 Sept. 11/6 The film, in black-and-white with a surplus of gigantic close-ups, seems more calculated to appeal to American than British audiences.
1958 Times Lit. Suppl. 31 Jan. 56/1 They have been photographed in close-up.
b. transferred and figurative. A detailed or intimate view or examination.
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the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > [noun] > view or scenery > detailed or intimate
close-up1923
the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > close examination, scrutiny > [noun] > instance of
perscrutation?a1425
perquisition1611
dissection1642
perreptation1656
critique1798
probe1903
check-up1921
close-up1923
1923 A. L. Benson New Henry Ford 323 A ‘Close-up’ of Ford.
1924 J. Galsworthy White Monkey ii. ix The world was full of wonderful secrets which everybody kept to themselves without captions or close-ups to give them away!
1926 C. E. M. Joad Babbitt Warren 103 It comes of seeing life as a series of ‘close ups’.
1927 Atlantic Monthly Mar. 309 We have the spectacle of at least one great industry which affords us a close up of ruthless sabotage of invention.
1943 Our Towns iv. 111 The picture so far painted has been a grim one: a close-up of the black spots.
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