# Shot size

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Shot size is how much is in frame: extreme wide, wide, medium, close-up, extreme close-up. Put the size on every storyboard panel; pretty frames without sizes are moodboards.

Last updated: 2026-09-13

**Shot size** is how much of the world (or the face) is in frame. Crews abbreviate: EWS, WS, MS, MCU, CU, ECU. The labels vary by country; the job does not: say what the lens is doing so coverage can be planned.

Table of sizes: [camera shot sizes for storyboards](/blog/camera-shot-sizes-for-storyboards).

## Why it belongs on the board, not “in the brief”

A pretty wide that was meant to be a CU wastes a setup. Size is a production decision. Write it in the footer while you still remember why.

## Pair size with intention

“CU” is incomplete. “CU — read the logo” or “CU — hide the waiter's hands” tells the operator what must be sharp. [Beat](/glossary/beat).

Related: [close-up](/glossary/close-up), [wide shot](/glossary/wide-shot), [medium shot](/glossary/medium-shot), [lens](/glossary/lens).

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