"cowboy shot" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: en-au-cowboy shot.ogg Forms: cowboy shots [plural]
Etymology: From the framing of cinema shots in Westerns, where the holster and gun needed to be in view along with the actor's face. Head templates: {{en-noun}} cowboy shot (plural cowboy shots)
  1. (film) A shot framed to include a region from the actor's head to mid-thigh. Categories (topical): Film genres Translations (shot framed from head to mid-thigh): piano americano [masculine] (Italian), plan amerykański [masculine] (Polish)

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