establishing shot
noun
: a usually long shot in film or video used at the beginning of a sequence to establish an overview of the scene that follows
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Gaillard has no need for an establishing shot; the monument is shown only as a detail, as a kind of landscape in miniature, without visitors.
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Kito Nedo, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2024
In addition to the establishing shots to introduce a scene, Daly moves the narrative forward with intercut shots of supplemental footage that might include panning out to specific surrounding areas, close-up shots of objects, and stunning overhead drone video of the area (where legal to shoot).
—Nick Thomas, Hartford Courant, 26 July 2024
What could at first just feel like a collection of glorified establishing shots turns into something else when many of the people begin waving at the camera.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 27 June 2024
By minute three, the show’s deployed a bloody naked guy in a ball gag, a woman’s bare breast, an establishing shot of a frigid mountain, and a Fleetwood Mac needle drop.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 16 Jan. 2024
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Kito Nedo, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2024
In addition to the establishing shots to introduce a scene, Daly moves the narrative forward with intercut shots of supplemental footage that might include panning out to specific surrounding areas, close-up shots of objects, and stunning overhead drone video of the area (where legal to shoot).
—Nick Thomas, Hartford Courant, 26 July 2024
What could at first just feel like a collection of glorified establishing shots turns into something else when many of the people begin waving at the camera.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 27 June 2024
By minute three, the show’s deployed a bloody naked guy in a ball gag, a woman’s bare breast, an establishing shot of a frigid mountain, and a Fleetwood Mac needle drop.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 16 Jan. 2024
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“Establishing shot.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/establishing%20shot. Accessed 2 Oct. 2024.
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