Definition of "close-up"

close-up

/kləʊsˈʌp/

adjective
not comparable
1. In near proximity.
  Quotations
  A worldwide TV audience had a close-up view of the astronauts when they splashed down and as they emerged from the bobbing spaceship they call Gumdrop.
  1969 March 21, “Science: Rousing End to a Relaxed Flight”, in Time
noun
plural close-ups
1. (photography) A photographic (or other) image in which the subject is shown at a relatively large scale, and occupies most or all of the frame.