medium shot

noun

, Movies, Television.

1. a camera shot in which the subject is in the middle distance, permitting some of the background to be seen.

Word History and Origins

Origin of medium shot¹

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

Sometimes they’ll place the two characters side-by-side in medium shot, a choice that undercuts rather than deepens their intimacy.

From Los Angeles Times

Kantor and Twohey are often introduced in long shot or medium shot and surrounded by other women — perhaps because harassment and assault might happen to any woman, because any woman might want to make them right.

From New York Times

Observational, mainly in medium shot and almost plotless, “Xiao Wu” has a documentary quality.

From New York Times

But instead, all we get is a noncommittal medium shot of McCarthy looking vaguely apologetic, and a fuzzed-out shot of the bus stuck in a public fountain in the background of the next scene.

From Slate

We then cut to a medium shot of me sitting at the edge of the bed, holding the phone to my ear with one hand and rubbing the sleep from my eyes with the other.

From Los Angeles Times