取景 (qǔ jǐng) — to frame a shot, to select a scene (for photography, painting, or film)
Definition
Film/photography term for selecting where to shoot and how to frame a scene. Pairs with 拍摄 ('shoot, film'); location scouting in the production sense is 选景.
verb
to frame a shotto select a scene (for photography, painting, or film)
Examples
- 取景，。Wǒ men qù jiāo wài qǔ jǐng ba, nà lǐ de fēng jǐng hěn hǎo.Let's go to the suburbs to find a scene — the scenery there is beautiful.
- ，。Shè yǐng shī qǔ le sān cì jǐng, cái zhǎo dào zuì jiā jiǎo dù.The photographer framed the scene three times before finding the best angle.
- 取景。Zhè bù diàn yǐng de qǔ jǐng gōng zuò quán bù zài yún nán wán chéng.All the location scouting for this film was done in Yunnan.
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