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Headroom

Meaning in film & television, with examples

nounCommon term

In film & television, headroom means: The space between the top of a person's head and the upper edge of the frame.

In Turkish: baş boşluğu

How it is used

Camera operators adjust headroom when composing interviews and dialogue shots.

Example sentences

  1. There is too much headroom above the presenter in this medium shot.

    The framing gives unnecessary space to the upper background.

  2. Leave enough headroom for her hat when she stands up.

    The planned movement needs room above the performer's head.

Common collocations

  • adjust the headroom
  • too much headroom
  • shotOne continuous piece of film recorded from the moment the camera starts until it stops, or the piece of it that appears between two cuts.
  • cinematographerThe head of the camera and lighting departments, who decides with the director how the film will look: framing, lenses, camera movement and light.

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