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On Monday April 9th we discussed the visual narrative. We learned how screen shots can differ in film. I learned that the wide shot or (ws) shows everything in the surroundings and is used mainly in the beginning of a show or movie to show where the characters are. An example of this could be in the movie gladiator they use the wide shot to show the arena. Then there is the med shot or (ms) which are used 80% of the time it is used to communicate the story. The med shot is a exposition shot. There is also the close up shot or (cu) and is the exclamation shot. It is the attention getter because it focuses on an object or person very closely. This makes the shot very suspenseful. There are rarely any close ups in comedies. The close up is good to show emotion and facial features.