group shot group shot Group shots include three or more characters in the frame (with less than three characters you would have a two shot or a single); because of this, group shots are usually me- dium shots, medium long shots, or long shots, since these shot sizes are wide enough to contain multiple characters. Like other shots that include individuals and a sizable por- tion of their surrounding area, group shots can convey in- formation about the dynamics of a relationship between characters or between characters and their immediate environment. For instance, the arrangement of characters in a group shot could be made to suggest disharmony and wider fields of view these shots normally require allow you to include multiple visual elements in a single frame. All of the examples included in this chapter, for instance, are both group shots and emblematic shots. A brilliant use of a group shot occurs in Fernando Meirelles and Kátia Lund's City of God (2002), a film that fol- lows the lives of two children of the favelas as they grow up; Li'l Zé (Leandro Firmino) becomes a powerful drug lord who rules over the titular favela in Rio de Janeiro, while Buscapé (Alexandre Rodrigues) strives to reach his dream of becom- ing a photojournalist. At a key moment in the story, Li'l Zé