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The workplace has always been ready for its close-up.

From The Wall Street Journal

Ms. Collinsworth, a former publisher and magazine editor, gives readers a close-up view of an ambitious freethinker and a lively picture of the milieu in which she operated.

From The Wall Street Journal

He cites a journalist named Jeanne Loughlin, who wrote about Caesar’s perfect fit for television: “His spontaneous, adroit facial expressions—wonderful in television close-up—might be lost on a theater stage. His comic material, drawn mainly from perceptive observation of everyday life, might not be broad enough buffoonery for the movies. At night clubs, perhaps much of his comic creation of the adventures of an average man might be wasted.”

From The Wall Street Journal

To personalize his close-up, Martinez had a suggestion of his own.

From Los Angeles Times

There are jump cuts too, and interludes of his actors in close-up that could be color screen tests or just a nod to Hujar’s aptitude for portraits.

From Los Angeles Times