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close shot

[klohs]
–noun Movies, Television.
closeup (def. 2).

close⋅up

[klohs-uhp]
–noun
1. a photograph taken at close range or with a long focal-length lens, on a relatively large scale.
2. Also called close shot. Movies, Television. a camera shot taken at a very short distance from the subject, to permit a close and detailed view of an object or action. Compare long shot (def. 3), medium shot.
3. an intimate view or presentation of anything.
–adjective
4. of or resembling a closeup.
5. intimate or detailed; close-in.

Origin:
1910–15, Americanism; n. use of adverbial phrase close up
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