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Watch: The frame closes in to the chest up: the expression is clear, with a little shoulder and setting left. It's the most common distance for singles in a conversation.A line-art demo that only illustrates the technique, not finished footage.

Video · Shot Size

Medium Close-Up近景

From the chest up: the expression is clear, with a little body and setting. The most common size for dialogue.

Category: Shot Size
Group: Basics
Medium: Video
Library: 029 / 166

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Prompt templates are written from how generation models usually behave and have not yet been verified one by one with real generations. “Common pitfalls” are judgment from experience, not official limits.

When to use it

Singles in a dialogue scene, when emotion is gradually tightening, interviews.

Prompt template

medium close-up from chest to top of head, facial expression clear, shoulders and a little background visible, background moderately soft, eyes on the upper third.

Sample prompt · generate a video directly

The technique comes first, followed by the scene, action, performance and duration. Paste it straight into a video model and swap in your own characters and plot.

Medium close-up, framed from the chest to the top of the head. Behind a convenience store counter late at night, a young clerk looks down at a voice message on his phone, his expression shifting from tired to fighting back a smile. Eyes on the upper third of the frame, shelves in the background moderately blurred, locked-off camera, 4 seconds.

Common pitfalls

Cutting at the neck makes the framing feel cramped.
It can't be told apart from a close-up, losing a step in the shot sizes.

Parameter tips

Cut at the chest; leave a little headroom or trim the very top of the hair.