# Shot Size And Angle Language

> Use for requests that need precise shot-size vocabulary, angle selection, narrative framing logic, and coverage phrasing for storyboards and prompts.

- Skill: `nolanx-ai/shot-size-and-angle-language` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add nolanx-ai/shot-size-and-angle-language`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/nolanx-ai/shot-size-and-angle-language/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: nolanx-ai (https://skillmd.com/u/nolanx-ai)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/nolanx-ai/shot-size-and-angle-language

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# Shot Size And Angle Language

Use this skill when framing precision matters.

## Source Basis
- StudioBinder shot size and camera shot guides.

## Standard Vocabulary
Use standard abbreviations when useful:
- ECU: extreme close-up
- CU: close-up
- MCU: medium close-up
- MS: medium shot
- MFS / MW: medium full / medium wide
- FS: full shot
- WS / LS: wide / long shot
- EWS: extreme wide shot

## Selection Rules
- ECU/CU for micro-expression, object significance, realization, fear, obsession.
- MCU/MS for dialogue readability and neutral dramatic exchange.
- FS/WS for body behavior, blocking, environment relation, threat scale.
- EWS for spectacle, isolation, geography, or scale reset.

## Angle Rules
- low angle: power, myth, threat, grandeur
- high angle: vulnerability, surveillance, exposure
- eye level: neutrality, realism, plain confrontation
- overhead: pattern, helplessness, tactical relation
- canted: instability or rupture

## Coverage Rules
- Change shot size to change information priority.
- Avoid random shot variation; every shift must have dramatic logic.
- Preserve continuity of screen direction when cutting between angles.