Please, come on my journey of discovery as I attempt to discover what ECU, WS and MS stand for.
Let us being with ECU.
Typing ECU Language Screen into Google. No good results.
http://www.acronymgeek.com/ECU
http://www.google.com.au/search?hl=en&q=ecu+computer&btnG=Search&meta=
http://www.abbreviations.com/ECU
http://www.ebooksquad.com/search/ECU+programing+language
http://gandolfs1stblog.blogspot.com/ FOUND IT!!!
So with Kelly's help I ended up finding it on the above blog of one of my fellow students! HOWEVER, THIS ANSWER WAS ON THE FIRST PAGE I VISITED!!! I am clearly too stupid to know that that was the answer. Yes, big fat loser am I. I even did introduction to SCREEN analysis last semester. How embarrassing.
OKAY, so definitions :
ECU: stands for extreme close up. "Extreme Close Up ("ECU" or "XCU"): The shot is so tight that only a fraction of the focus of attention, such as someone's eyes, can be seen." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Close-up)
WS: stands for wide shot, but better known as a long shot. "In photography, film and video, a long shot (sometimes referred to as a full shot or a wide shot) typically shows the entire object or human figure and is usually intended to place it in some relation to its surroundings." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_shot)
MS: stands for mid shot or medium shot. "In film, a medium shot is a camera shot from a medium distance." (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medium_shot)
EXAMPLES:
So I had to use this darling picture of BJ Novak (Ryan the Temp from The Office. I've got to keep the theme going you guys! Don't think I'm crazy, cause I'm totalllllly not at all.)
Wide (Long Shot):
(http://www.givememyremote.com/remote/wp-content/uploads/2006/04/BJ_ew.jpg)
Mid/Medium Shot:
(http://vanderwalt.ca/mediashare/websites/staff/dvanderwalt/filmandmedia/shotcomposition/_images/twoshot_1.jpg)
Extreme Close Up:
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
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