Field Size and Framing
Frame is the term for each individual image that constitutes the film. Standard projection speed is 24 frames per second, which means a typical 90-minute film would have 129,600 frames. Films are broken down into shots (also known as takes--more on this later), which can be as short as a single frame or as long as the entire movie, as in the case of Russian Ark.
However, frame also relates to the boundaries of the image--the term framing refers to the position of the filmed objects and characters relative to the edges of the screen, which is controlled to produce specific effects.
In a similar vein, the field size determines how much of the filmed object and its surroundings are visible Most of these field sizes are pretty self-explanatory.
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