closeup

See also: close up and close-up

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkləʊs.ʌp/

Noun

closeup (plural closeups)

1. (film) A video or film recording made with the camera positioned close to an actor, often so that only the head or face is visible.
   • 1950, Billy Wilder, Charles Brackett, D.M. Marshman Jr., Sunset Blvd.:

     All right, Mr DeMille, I'm ready for my closeup.

Translations

A film made with the camera close to

• Bulgarian: близък план (blizǎk plan)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 特寫／特写 (zh) (tèxiě)

• Finnish: lähikuva (fi)
• French: gros plan (fr) m
• Italian: primo piano m
• Russian: кру́пный план (ru) m (krúpnyj plan)
• Spanish: primer plano m
• Swedish: närbild (sv) c

See also

• two shot
• wide shot

Anagrams

• couples, culpeos, opuscle, up close, upclose