establishing shot

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establishing shot

noun establishing shots

A master shot, the primary wide shot of a scene used to inform the audience of the location or situation. Using mostly fixed camera positions, he will intersperse scenes with establishing shots of the clanking, pitiless machinery of the ski lift, rattling rhythmically as bits of cable and metal thunk into each other.
Similar: long shot, wide shot

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@misc{establishing_shot_2026,
  title = {establishing shot},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/establishing%20shot},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}