We did a master shot for every scene within the first two weeks, and spent the rest of the time doing the cutaways.

Five cameras were meant to record the stunt, but only the master shot worked.

Each scene was a single master shot, and the secretary would assemble them for a 10-minute movie."

Once again, he fell against a power hitter (and master shot maker as well).

"I'm not going into editing strapped with only a master shot and almost no choices.

Historically, the master shot was arguably the most important shot of any given scene.

In the end, the move had to be inserted, rather than filmed in master shot.

All shots in a given scene were somehow related to what was happening in the master shot.

Master Shots gives the player only one glob and specific maneuvers that must be done.

The sun decided to throw a green filter over this master shot, so it ducked behind a big, polluted cloud.

Interiors were shot with three cameras in wide, lingering master shots in single takes.

These scenes are all just master shots.

An insert differs from a cutaway as cutaways cover action not covered in the master shot.

He could have edited the film better and there were too many master shots and two-shots that left little for the editor to work with.

In a contemporary Hollywood movie a dialogue scene may consist only of tight close-ups, with the master shot abandoned.

When the scene did not play as the director wanted it to play in the master shot, there was a delay in filming.

Audiences are much less tolerant of long master shots and accustomed to a lot of cutting within scenes.

"He's such a strong actor, he can hold your attention even in a crowded master shot," Mr. Weinstein said.

I want to know where I am first, so I shoot the master shot, introduce the characters' surroundings.

Inserts cover action already covered in the master shot, but emphasize a different aspect of that action due to the different framing.

A master shot is a film recording of an entire dramatized scene, from start to finish, from an angle that keeps all the players in view.

The Arriflex operator was down below them, out of the master shot, purring away his tilted angles of the scuffling men.

In film, an insert is a shot of part of a scene as filmed from a different angle and/or focal length from the master shot.

His Master Shots books are best-sellers for Michael Wiese Books.

As mentioned in Bordwells' second point, master shots where two or more characters hold a conversation have gone out of fashion, lessening the need for deep focus.