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Shot sizes & framing · Working

Dirty single

ELI5

A single that includes part of another performer in the foreground.

Used in conversation

“Can we add the dirty single to the shot plan for this scene?”

Pitch context

This term helps a treatment describe how the camera or light will shape the viewer's experience.

Why it matters: Explains what the image should look like and how it can be framed, captured and lit.

Connected terms

  • Clean singleComputed from definition language and shared taxonomy. This indicates proximity, not synonymy.
  • SingleComputed from definition language and shared taxonomy. This indicates proximity, not synonymy.
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