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im Anschnitt

English translation: medium shot or medium close-up

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German term or phrase:im Anschnitt
English translation:medium shot or medium close-up
Entered by: Ingo Dierkschnieder

08:05 Jan 22, 2008
German to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Cinema, Film, TV, Drama
German term or phrase: im Anschnitt
This is in a film script:
"Fahrer im Anschnitt" in the column describing what image is appearing.

I know that in-bleed is used in printing but does anyone know what term is used in the film industry?
Z.E. Ball
Local time: 23:49
medium shot or medium close-up (depends)
Explanation:
Hard telling without having seen the picture. At first I was considering "cropped", but that's something different.

Some film script terminology:

"Long shot (LS) or full shot (FS). With people, this is a shot from the top of their heads to at least their feet. (To save space we've used a vertical rather than a horizontal format for this photo.)

A medium shot (MS) is normally a shot from the waist up.

A medium close-up (MCU) is a shot cropped between the shoulders and the belt line.

A close-up (CU) is the most desirable to catch changing facial expressions, which are important to following a conversation.

Extreme close-ups (XCUs) are reserved for dramatic impact. The XCU shot may show just the eyes of an individual."

http://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache:TQEMTLuttZgJ:www.cyberco...

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Nicole Schnell
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Local time: 14:49
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medium shot or medium close-up (depends)


Explanation:
Hard telling without having seen the picture. At first I was considering "cropped", but that's something different.

Some film script terminology:

"Long shot (LS) or full shot (FS). With people, this is a shot from the top of their heads to at least their feet. (To save space we've used a vertical rather than a horizontal format for this photo.)

A medium shot (MS) is normally a shot from the waist up.

A medium close-up (MCU) is a shot cropped between the shoulders and the belt line.

A close-up (CU) is the most desirable to catch changing facial expressions, which are important to following a conversation.

Extreme close-ups (XCUs) are reserved for dramatic impact. The XCU shot may show just the eyes of an individual."

http://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache:TQEMTLuttZgJ:www.cyberco...



Nicole Schnell
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Local time: 14:49
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