Kinolab: Film Language Tags: full shot

Film Language Tag: full shot

A shot that includes the subject's entire body and often a three-fourths view of the set. A type of medium long shot. Cook, A History of Narrative Film, 5th ed.

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13 Film Clips

A Tycoon Feasts while the Sharecroppers Starve, A Corner in Wheat

As a greedy tycoon celebrates cornering the world wheat market, the poor attempt to buy bread.

A Day at Mile 3.25 Tidal Inlet, Moonrise Kingdom

Sam and Suzy have arrived at their destination, a small beach named Mile 3.25 Tidal Inlet, and they spend the day listening to music, talking, and dancing.

Closing Sequence, Breathless

After Patricia reveals Michel's whereabouts to the police, Michel rejects his friend Berrutti's offer to help him escape and is shot.

Officer Ravi (Shashi Kapoor), now knowing his brother Vijay (Amitabh Bachchan) is a career criminal whose successes come from corruption, attempts to coerce Vijay to sign a legal document confessing his crimes.

Final Fight Scene and Closing Sequence, Teesri Manzil

The Prince hunts and tries to kill Anil for discovering how he killed his wife and Rupa. The Prince ends up dying when he falls off the roof, exactly how Rupa died. In a parallel to one of their first interactions, Anil and Sunita are on the train close together and in love. They both laugh with the man they met at the beginning of the movie.

Ideal Crime Couple , Breathless

Michel recounts a story to Patricia about a bus conductor who wooed and won a girl with stolen money, and then drives her to the appointment with her editor.

Jose Rescues Marion, The Greaser's Gauntlet

Jose recognizes the gauntlet that he gave Marion after she saved him and comes to her rescue.

Marion Comes to Jose's Rescue, The Greaser's Gauntlet

After discovering the identity of the true thief, Marion rushes to Jose's rescue.

Opening Sequence, Breathless

Michel steals a car with the help of a female accomplice and then shoots a police officer to evade arrest.

Opening Sequence: Life in Mumbai, Satya

This scene introduces the viewer to the city of Mumbai and the prevalence of crime in this city through a montage of the people of Mumbai in their daily life (work, crime, policing, etc.) before honing in on Satya’s story

Temple, Deewaar

Vijay (Amitabh Bachchan), who has refused to enter his mother’s temple since childhood, finally goes to the temple in desperation and begs God to save his ailing mother.