medium long shot

plural medium long shots

1. artsA shot (snapshot or series of film exposures) taken from enough distance to show a character from the knees on up, wider than a medium shot but tighter than a long shot.

   A long shot or medium long shot will most successfully cover all of the action during the meeting of the two characters.

   2012, Christopher J. Bowen, Roy Thompson, Grammar of the Shot, page 45

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   The size of a medium long shot is also ideal to establish the dynamics of a relationship between characters, by the way they are placed within the composition (by using Hitchcock's rule, or balanced/unbalanced framings, for instance).

   2013, Gustavo Mercado, The Filmmaker's Eye, page 53

   Synonyms: American shot, cowboy shot