"closeup" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkləʊs.ʌp/ Forms: closeups [plural]
Head templates: {{en-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. Categories (topical): Film Related terms: two shot, wide shot Translations (A film made with the camera close to): близък план (blizǎk plan) (Bulgarian), 特寫 (Chinese Mandarin), 特写 (tèxiě) (Chinese Mandarin), lähikuva (Finnish), gros plan [masculine] (French), primo piano [masculine] (Italian), кру́пный план (krúpnyj plan) [masculine] (Russian), primer plano [masculine] (Spanish), närbild [common-gender] (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "A film made with the camera close to",
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          "sense": "A film made with the camera close to",
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      "sense": "A film made with the camera close to",
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      "sense": "A film made with the camera close to",
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