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Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Chapter One – The Shots: What, How and Why?

What to Show Your Audience?

Choosing Your Frame

Further Exploration – A Brief History of Aspect Ratios

Further Exploration – Why We Might Like Widescreen so Much

The Basic Cinematic Building Blocks – An Introduction to Shot Types

Long Shot/Wide Shot

The Extended Family of Basic Shots – The Powers of Proximity

Extreme Long Shot/Extreme Wide Shot

Very Long Shot/Very Wide Shot

Long Shot/Wide Shot/Full Shot

Medium Long Shot/Knee Shot

Medium Shot/Waist Shot/Mid

Medium Close-Up/Bust Shot

Big Close-Up (UK)/Choker (USA)

Extreme Close-Up

Why Do We Even Have Different Shot Types?

Pulling Images from the Written Page

Scripts and Script ...

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