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Using establishing shots

Using establishing shots

Establishing shots are shots that give the viewer a frame of reference of where you are. They might not seem important if you are not the viewer. If you are making the movie, Establishing shots don't feel as important as they really are to the viewer. Here is an example of an establishing shot. This is our scene from "House on Haunted Hill." This guy discovers a secret passageway, then he gets eaten by the house. Apparently, we don't know what happens to him. Then we are going to see another scene a little bit later in the same house again, because everyone is trapped in this haunted house. That really was one of the first "trapped in the haunted house" movies. So we have another scene in the same house, but it doesn't just cut from this scene to that scene. There is another scene in between. Let's watch. (Music Playing) So before it cuts from one room of the house to the other room of the house, it cuts to the house itself. This establishes where we are. Now mentally, we all know…

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