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establishing shot

[ ih-stab-li-shing shot ]

noun

  1. (in film and TV production) a scene-opening shot, usually very wide, that sets up the context for the scene:

    Opening a movie with an establishing shot of a city skyline was especially common in the sixties and seventies.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of establishing shot1

First recorded in 1940–45

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