L. S. long shot The long shot includes characters in their entirety in the frame, along with a large portion of the surrounding area. While there can be a main subject in a long shot, the per- spective is too remote to see emotional detail on the face. This shot concentrates on the body and what it reveals. Like extreme long shots, long shots are commonly used as es- tablishing shots, placed at the beginning of scenes to let the audience know where the action that follows will take place. Sometimes, long shots are also placed at the end of a scene, usually with a composition that conveys a different dramatic tone from the one established at the beginning of the scene, are not ideal to showcase the facial expressions of a charac- ter, they can also be used to limit the emotional involvement of the audience, preventing them from seeing emotional cues they would normally get with a close up or a medium close up. Alex Cox's biopic Sid and Nancy (1986), a film that follows the mutually destructive relationship that existed be- tween Sex Pistols' bassist Sid Vicious (Gary Oldman) and an American groupie, Nancy Spungen (Chloe Webb), features long shots that consistently place them amidst the drugs, alcohol, violence, and filth that permeated their world. In