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Close-ups are used for distinguishing main characters.

Major characters are often given a close-up when they are introduced as a way of indicating their importance.

Leading characters will have multiple close-ups.

There is a long-standing stereotype of insecure actors desiring a close-up at every opportunity and counting the number of close-ups they received.

An example of this stereotype occurs when the character Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard, announces " All right, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up " as she is taken into police custody in the film's finale.