Medium shot

A shot from a medium distance. For human figures, a view containing the entire body is considered a long shot; a medium shot would generally be a shot from the waist up. The dividing line between "long shot" and "medium shot" is blurry, as is the line between "medium shot" and "close shot"; medium shots still show a subject's surroundings but (since they're framed more tightly) not as much as a long shot.