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Editing
> Sequences
After
the wide shot, the next shot in a sequence is a medium
shot or close-up. Close-ups and medium shots provide
detail that is not apparent in the establishing shot.
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Just 2 shots again--but
each plays an important role. Wide
shots establish place, closer shots
reveal detail.
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For
example, we can tell from the wide shot at the right
that we are in a forest--and it looks like some hunters
are standing around a couple Suburbans. So the basic
question of "where are we" has been answered.
But the wide shot doesn't tell us much about the individuals.
Are they men or women? Happy or sad? Do we recognize
any of them? For that we need a closer shot.
The
second shot doesn't give as much information about "place"
as the wide shot, but it does reveal important detail
we could not see in the wide shot--specifically that
one of the "hunters" is your goofy instructor
(on the left).
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