Screen Language

through camera angles:

ECU: (extreme close-up)

Close-ups are used in many ways, for many reasons. Close-ups are often used as cutaways from a more distant shot to show detail, such as character's emotions, or some intricate activity with their hands. Close cuts to characters' faces are used far more often in television than in movies; they are especially common in soap operas.

MS: (mid shot)

A mid shot contains the characters or a character from the waist up. From a mid shot viewers can see the gcharacters' faces more clearly as well as their interaction with other characters.

WS: (wide shot)