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Rebecca
Ward
Television
Framing the Image

Close up (CU)

Medium Long Shot (MLS)

'Over the Shoulder Shot'

Low Angle Shot (Looking up at)

Extreme Close up (ECU)

Long Shot (LS)

Looking Room (interviee looks into space in the frame, towards the viewer)

Tilted Frame

Medium Close up (MCU)

Extreme Long Shot (XLS)

Medium Shot (MS)

Two Shot (could be CU/MCU/MS)


Walking Room (walking subject walks into space)
High Angle Shot (looking down onto)
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Rule of Thirds
Using Widescreen 16:9
The idea is that an off-centre composition is more pleasing to the eye and looks more natural than one where the subject is placed right in the middle of the frame. It also encourages you to make creative use of negative space (the empty areas around your subject).


How to use the rule of thirds
When framing the shot, imagine the image in thirds like the pictures above and place the most important parts of the image along the lines as much as possible.
If the shot is of a person then try and place the eye area at the top in one of the cross sections.
Like all rules this rule can be broken but make sure you learn this way first.
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