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Site: DIGITAL MEDIA SKILLS GATEWAY
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Glossary: FILM & TV GLOSSARY
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medium close-up

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a framing in which the scale of the object shown is fairly large; a human figure seen from the chest up fill most of the screen.

medium long shot

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a framing at a distance which makes an object about 4 or 5 feet high appear to fill most of the screen vertically. See plan americain, the special term for a medium long shot depicting human figures.

medium shot

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a framing in which the scale of the object is of moderate size; a human figure seen from the waist up would fill most of the screen.

melodrama

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originally, simply a drama with music; more precisely, the type of 19th century drama that centred on the simplistic conflict between heroes and villains.

metteur en scene

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a modest - sometimes derogatory - term for "director". See auteur.