different between foreground vs closeup

English

Etymology

From fore- +? ground. Compare Dutch voorgrond (“foreground”), German Vordergrund (“foreground”), Danish forgrund (“foreground”), Swedish förgrund (“foreground”), Norwegian forgrunn (“foreground”), Icelandic forgrunni (“foreground”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?f??(?)???a?nd/

Noun

foreground (plural foregrounds)

1. The elements of an image which lie closest to the picture plane.
2. The subject of an image, often depicted at the bottom in a two-dimensional work.
3. (computing, often attributive) The application the user is currently interacting with; the application window that appears in front of all others.

Related terms

• background
• midground

Translations

Verb

foreground (third-person singular simple present foregrounds, present participle foregrounding, simple past and past participle foregrounded)

1. To place in the foreground (physically or metaphorically).

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kl??s??p/

Noun

closeup (plural closeups)

1. (film) A video or film recording made with the camera positioned close to an actor, often so that only the head or face is visible.
   • 1950 — Billy Wilder, Charles Brackett, and D.M. Marshman Jr., Sunset Blvd.

     All right, Mr DeMille, I'm ready for my closeup.

Translations

See also

• two shot
• wide shot

Anagrams

• couples, culpeos, opuscle, up close, upclose