Talk:Shot (film)
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[edit] Shots are compared to words
- Shots are compared to words with each frame being a letter and scenes being sentences.
Does this have a source or is it just a common film adage? It's a nice metaphor, but it seems a little skewed - I'd be more inclined to write, "Shots are compared to sentences with each frame being a letter and scenes being paragraphs." - Indeed this matches up a lot more closely with a page of writing, since in dialogue, the usual length of a shot is one sentence of dialogue. Is this more accurate or am I speaking heresy against old film-talk? —EatMyShortz 09:13, 6 June 2006 (UTC)
