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n. (plural of establishing shot English)
Usage examples of "establishing shots".
The cameraman's tool was up on his shoulder, with the soundman beside him, Barry Wise and the producer trailing while they looked for good establishing shots.
They were given nice, wide, comfortable establishing shots so they always knew exactly where the characters were placed.
They had started their day in Beirut with some establishing shots of a ruined city: desolation broken here and there by the glistening stone and orange girders of new construction, like hopeful flowers springing through the ashes of winter.
We've got 27 out of 51 setups but we did the principal-shoot first so it's mostly just background and establishing shots we've got left.
I replayed the footage I'd taken of the city center-swarming with pedestrians, bicycles and quadcycles-and picked out a few brief establishing shots.
Rune was now out looking for atmosphere footage and for establishing shots-the long-angle scenes in films that orient the audience and tell them what city or neighborhood they're in.