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establishing shot
[ ih-stab-li-shing shot ]
noun
- (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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