American shot

plural American shots

1. Synonym of medium long shot.

   Synonyms: medium long shot

2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see American, shot.

   Sturges did not use close‐ups; he favored the three‐quarter shot, or American shot.

   2013, Ken Dancyger, The Technique of Film and Video Editing, page 117

   2 more examples

   The film begins in an American shot; we are already closer to Talley than we were to Martinelli.

   2014, Jennifer Fleeger, Sounding American: Hollywood, Opera, and Jazz, page 78

   In total, the scene uses the American shot four times, close-up twice, longl ^([sic]) shot once, and detail shot once.

   2023, André F. Nebe, Humour and successful children's films, page 282