cowboy shot

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cowboy shot

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From the framing of cinema shots in Westerns, where the holster and gun needed to be in view along with the actor's face.

noun cowboy shots

A shot framed to include a region from the actor's head to mid-thigh. In Europe, the term plán americain or plano americano refers to a shot framed from mid-leg up, basically a cowboy shot. Beyond this we are into the realm of close-ups.

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noun shot framed from head to mid-thigh

Italiano	piano americano

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@misc{cowboy_shot_2026,
  title = {cowboy shot},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cowboy%20shot},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}