Perspective explained by film shot analogy
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Key terms: close-up shot (CU) Also, perspective is explained by using the example of film shots - close-up, middle distance (mid shot), and far distance (long shot). (a) In close-up, the subject appears large in the frame, which can cut across his chest. There is also extreme close-up, on his face. Close medium shot is where the subject is cut below the waist. Medium close up is cutting the subject just above the waist. (CU = close up, CMS = close medium shot, MCU = medium close up) (b) In mid-shot, the frame cuts across the subject at the knees. Medium long shot is a tight full-length figure. (MS = medium shot, MLS = medium long shot) (c) In long shot, the subject is relatively small in the frame, relatively far away. (LS= long shot, VLS = very long shot)
Most standard production is in close-up to mid-shot. A test of this is the sound picture constructed within a room. For example, how long it takes a character to enter in to the room through the door and then to be heard talking beside another character.
See Perspective - construction, width and depth of the sound picture |
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