Medium shot

In film,medium shot iscamera shot frommedium distance. The dividing line between "long shot""medium shot"blurry, as isline between "medium shot""close shot". In some standard textsprofessional references,full-length view ofhuman subjectcalledmedium shot;this terminology,shot ofperson fromknees up orwaist up isclose shot. In other texts, these partial viewscalled medium shots.

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