mass noun. 1  1The extent of the area or subject matter that something deals with or to which it is relevant. âwe widened the scope of our investigationâ. 2  2The opportunity or possibility to do or deal with something. âthe scope for major change is always limited by political realitiesâ.
Long shot. A shot that shows a scene from a distance (but not as great a distance as the establishing shot). A long shot is used to stress the environment or setting of a scene. In filming your science-fiction movie, for example, you might use a long shot to show the monster causing traffic jams and panicked crowds. Medium shot.
The term shot can refer to two different parts of the filmmaking process: 1  In production, a shot is the moment that the camera starts rolling until the moment it stops.2  In film editing, a shot is the continuous footage or sequence between two edits or cuts.he term shot derives from the early days of film production when cameras were hand-cranked, and operated similarly to the hand-cranked machine guns of the time. That is, a cameraman would shoot film the way someone would shoot bullets from a machine gun.