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Shot Composition - The Basics
Extreme Close Up(CU)

With the Extreme Close Up (ECU), a small detail of the subject is framed, often enlarged more than life size, creating a distortion of scale. This unnatural closeness to the subject is good at bringing the viewer into intimate or fetishistic relationship with the subject.