Wide shot — a framing that places the subject far enough back that the whole place around it stays in view, so the setting counts as much as the subject.
Don't confuse it with a wide-angle lens. A wide shot is about how far back the camera sits; a wide-angle lens is about how much the glass bends the scene, and you can shoot a tight close-up on one.
- Reach for it to establish a place or show how small someone is against it.
- The pitfall: push too far and faces and details stop reading — follow with a closer shot.
- Quick check: if cropping out the surroundings loses nothing, it isn't wide yet.
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