A technique used in various cartoons in which the camera zooms into a character's face revealing disgusting or grotesque features (ex. bloodshot eyes, nosehairs, pimples, etc.) that usually are not noticed when the camera is at a certain distance from the character. Commonly used in the show "Spongebob Squarepants".

Spongebob: Hey Squidward, has my Acne Cream worked yet?

Viewer 1: Get ready for a Spongebob Close-up, dude!

(T.V. zooms into a still frame revealing Spongbob's ghastly outbreak)

Viewer 2: Ughghgh!

Spongebob Close-up by The Ball That Never Descended October 16, 2008

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extreme close up

A technique in Film and Media, which involves zooming in so far onto a persons face that you can practically feel their honking breath.

1) Wayne and Garth : EXTREME CLOSE UP! WOAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

extreme close up by chucknorrisjohnson October 5, 2009

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Animals Close Up With a Wide Angle Lens

A show with animals such as cats and dogs sniffing the wide angle lens close up.

The show is called animals close up with a wide angle lens.

Animals Close Up With a Wide Angle Lens by yizee January 5, 2011

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Close-up magic

An illusion performed by a single magician right in front of the audiences nose. Usually performed for one to twenty people in casual situation. This kind of magic, unlike stage magic, requires much more skill by the magician instead of by an assistant like in stage magic.

Downsides of close-up magic is that people tend to try to ruin your trick on the spot because they don't give a shit on how amazing it is a lot of the time and most likely want to spoil it because they like to remind themselves that they are gay fags.

Girls tend to either overexcite themselves over this kind of magic or show absolutely no interest at all.

Girl 1: OMG did you see that close-up magic trick that guy did with the cards. My card just changed?!

Girl 2: Oh. It did do that.

Close-up magic by racketracer August 21, 2009

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Close up

a phrase used when you want to cut someone out of your conversation , and this comes with the jester of closing your circle so the person can't hear your conversation .

Kristina: So what happen with you and your girl ?
john: Nothing were good for now.
Kim: What yall talking bout i wanna know .
Kristina & John: Close up (close the circle)

Close up by beast32 March 19, 2011