Moving Images, Understanding Media

8 Moving Images: Making Movies, Understanding Media

a character’s head and the top of the frame and lead room is the space between

the “front” of the character’s face and the side of the frame towards which he

or she is turned.

Th e rest of the framing descriptions continue to expose more of the human

fi gure. Th e shot that moves us to a view that does not exclusively feature the

human face or a detail of an object is the close shot (CS) in which the frame

line crosses the character’s chest. A medium shot (MS) puts the frame at the

Figure 1-9 Framing that includes lead room

in the direction that the actor is looking and

moving. (Courtesy of Kendelyn Ouellette).

Figure 1-10 Close shot. (Courtesy of Kendelyn Ouellette).

Figure 1-8 Full close-up with some head

room. (Courtesy of Kendelyn Ouellette).

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