What does a long shot mean in movie terminology?

Long shot refers to shooting a scene and a scene continuously for a long time (some as long as 10 minutes) to form a relatively complete lens paragraph. As the name implies, it is a shot that takes up a long film for a period of time.

The content of the camera from the first turn-on to the turn-off is a shot. Generally, a shot that lasts more than 10 second is called a long shot. A long shot can contain more needed content, or it can be a montage sentence (unlike montage sentences composed of several short shots). There is no clear and uniform regulation on its length. It is relative to the "short shot".

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Long lens type:

1. Fixed long lens: A lens formed by shooting a scene continuously is called a fixed long lens. The earliest filming method was to record the reality or stage performance process with a fixed long lens.

2. Long lens with depth of field: Use a lens with large depth of field to make the scene in different positions (from foreground to background) clear. Such a lens is called a long lens and has a depth of field. A long shot with depth of field is actually equivalent to the contents of a set of distant view, panoramic view, middle view, close view and close-up shot.

3. Moving long lens: A moving long lens with various shooting angles (azimuth and height) is formed by pushing, pulling, shaking, moving and following the camera, which is called moving long lens. A long moving lens can play the role of a montage lens composed of different scenes and different angles.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Long shot (shooting technique)