Editing Close-up (section)

{{short description|Photography and film term referring to framing a shot}}
{{other uses|Close up (disambiguation)}}
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[[File:Dolores_del_Río_publicity_photo_(1961)_(cropped).jpg|thumb|right|upright|Mexican actress [[Dolores del Río]] in a closeup publicity photograph of 1961]]
[[File:Why are you folded? dear petal! (3505140249).jpg|thumb|upright|A close-up of ''[[Cornus florida]]'']]

A '''close-up''' or '''closeup''' in [[filmmaking]], [[television production]], [[photography|still photography]], and the [[comic strip]] medium is a type of [[shot (filmmaking)|shot]] that tightly [[film frame|frames]] a person or object.<ref name="Brown_Page_21">{{cite book |last1=Brown |first1=Blain |title=Cinematography: Theory and Practice, Image Making for Cinematographers and Directors |date=2012 |publisher=Focal Press |location=Burlington, Massachusetts |isbn=9781136047381 |page=21 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uyMYMbjheqgC&pg=PA21 |access-date=August 11, 2023}}</ref> Close-ups are one of the standard shots used regularly with medium and [[long shot]]s ([[cinematic techniques]]). Close-ups display the most detail, but they do not include the broader scene. Moving toward or away from a close-up is a common type of [[zooming (filmmaking)|zooming]]. A close up is taken from head to neck, giving the viewer a detailed view of the subject's face.