American shot

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American shot

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Calque of the French term "plain Américan", which was used because this type of shot was commonly used in American westerns.

noun American shots

Synonym of medium long shot.
Similar: medium long shot
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see American, shot. Sturges did not use close‐ups; he favored the three‐quarter shot, or American shot.

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@misc{american_shot_2026,
  title = {American shot},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/american%20shot},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}