Let us have a closer look at the structure of movies. A movie consists of a connected sequence of scenes . A scene is the smallest dramatic unit. The story of the movie is told through scenes. Each scene itself can be seen as a mini-story that is part of the story told in the movie.
Scenes describe which events happen over time.
Together with actors events comprise the story. Visually scenes are divided into shots . Shots are different camera views of the same scene. Shots are usually divided into close-up, medium shot, and long or establishing shots. Shots are the smallest visual units.