Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Language of the Screen

Discovering the definitions of the acronyms ECU, WS, and MS, takes some researching. Google is a great way to retrieve these, however, and they are easily found by simply typing "define:" followed by the term you wish to find. Ignoring the obviously incorrect results of Engine Control Unit, and European Currency, (as we know that the desired results are screen-related), I gathered that they mean:

ECU - Extreme Close Up - A shot wherein the subject fills the entire frame (Source)



WS - Wide Shot - A shot which displays a wide or panoramic view of the scene (Source)



MS - Mid/Medium Shot - A shot which is midway between a long shot and a close up (Source)



More info about these can be found here

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