Close up
Close up verb - Unite or bring into contact or bring together the edges of.
Opens
Both terms in one sentence
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Bookends: The first season opens with Tony in bed, close up on his face; the second season closes with Effy in the same bed, close up on her face.
Source: Series / Skins -
It even opens with a close up on a bikini-clad butt shaking for the camera... which turns out to belong to a speedo-clad Mr. O'Neill.
Source: Beach Episode - Every episode of Castle opens with an extreme close up of a dead body before it is discovered or investigated, usually with some kind of ironic music/pop song.
Source: The Teaser aka: Cold Opening
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