{"id":113649,"date":"2019-05-16T07:00:30","date_gmt":"2019-05-16T12:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/?p=113649"},"modified":"2019-05-15T11:33:24","modified_gmt":"2019-05-15T16:33:24","slug":"mastering-the-establishing-shot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/mastering-the-establishing-shot\/","title":{"rendered":"Set Tone and Atmosphere by Mastering the Establishing Shot"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 id=\"establishing-shots-should-be-subtle-not-only-communicating-location-in-time-and-space-but-also-setting-the-tone-for-the-story-about-to-take-place\">Establishing shots\u00a0should be subtle, not only communicating location in time and space but also setting the tone for the story about to take place.<\/h2>\n<p>How did establishing shots develop, and what can they do for the narrative in your film? Let&#8217;s take a look.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ulFkKXr6PrA?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Early <a href=\"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/filmmakers-guide-establishing-shot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">establishing shots<\/a> in silent films were just a silhouette of a city with a name card. Orsen Wells&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0033467\/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"external\"><em>Citizen Kane<\/em><\/a> (1941), the source of many modern cinema conventions, added some live footage of monkeys in front of its ominous painted castle.<\/p>\n<p>As film evolved, each successive generation of filmmakers pushed the envelope, and a visual language emerged for situating the audience as artfully as possible in the world of the film without communicating more information than the audience can absorb.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_114189\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/citizen-kane.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-114189\" class=\"wp-image-114189 size-full\" title=\"Set Tone and Atmosphere by Mastering the Establishing Shot \u2014 Citizen Kane\" src=\"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/citizen-kane.jpg\" alt=\"Set Tone and Atmosphere by Mastering the Establishing Shot \u2014 Citizen Kane\" width=\"755\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/citizen-kane.jpg 755w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/citizen-kane.jpg?resize=300,224 300w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/citizen-kane.jpg?resize=277,207 277w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/citizen-kane.jpg?resize=359,268 359w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/citizen-kane.jpg?resize=543,405 543w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/citizen-kane.jpg?resize=560,418 560w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/citizen-kane.jpg?resize=150,112 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 755px) 100vw, 755px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-114189\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image via <em>Citizen Kane<\/em>.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>A densely layered cityscape or an architectural wide shot can both be overwhelming if they appear in a straight cut \u2014 the eye doesn\u2019t know where to look. A device emerged in the &#8217;70s and &#8217;80s whereby a camera could tilt up or down, slowly revealing the city or building, which changed how filmmakers could transition into these shots.<\/p>\n<p>This has become a trope \u2014 a helicopter flies over the water, only showing reflections as the opening credits roll, then slowly tilting up to reveal the shining lights of a city. This has become a trope for a reason. It gives our eyes time to adjust and anticipate the coming vista. It allows us to arrive in the world of the story.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/yVpdNI2GbA4?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Some films take this to the next level by pushing into a specific building (or window) of the city, then cutting to that office. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0634240\/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Christopher Nolan<\/a>\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0468569\/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"external\"><em>Dark Knight<\/em><\/a> pushes in on the rooftops of Gotham, and later of Hong Kong, to find the Dark Knight himself standing guard over the city.<\/p>\n<p>These shots work by threading together different elements, slowly introducing us to how they are related. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0000361\/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">Brian DePalma<\/a>\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0086250\/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"external\"><em>Scarface<\/em><\/a> (1983) has some incredibly stylish establishing shots, none more so than the one when Tony visits his mother for the first time in America. It starts on a neon pink sky, punctured by industrial towers. A shiny white Cadillac drives into the frame. The camera cranes down, revealing a small-but-well-maintained house, as the car pulls up and Tony gets out.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_114193\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/scarface.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-114193\" class=\"wp-image-114193 size-full\" title=\"Set Tone and Atmosphere by Mastering the Establishing Shot \u2014 Scarface\" src=\"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/scarface.jpg\" alt=\"Set Tone and Atmosphere by Mastering the Establishing Shot \u2014 Scarface\" width=\"755\" height=\"322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/scarface.jpg 755w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/scarface.jpg?resize=300,128 300w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/scarface.jpg?resize=277,118 277w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/scarface.jpg?resize=359,153 359w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/scarface.jpg?resize=543,232 543w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/scarface.jpg?resize=560,239 560w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/scarface.jpg?resize=150,64 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 755px) 100vw, 755px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-114193\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image via <em>Scarface<\/em> (Universal).<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In just ten seconds, we understand that a criminal son is visiting his poor-but-upstanding mother on the wrong side of the tracks. Each element is introduced in turn, and we make the connections as they appear. It\u2019s an incredibly artful, stylish piece of filmmaking, even more surprising since only twenty minutes before \u2014 in the same movie \u2014 we were watching a guy being dismembered with a chainsaw.<\/p>\n<p>Great establishing shots not only tell us where we are, they connect the characters to the location in a way that let us consider those connections.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_114190\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/skyfall-cover.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-114190\" class=\"wp-image-114190\" title=\"Set Tone and Atmosphere by Mastering the Establishing Shot \u2014 Skyfall Cover\" src=\"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/skyfall-cover.jpg\" alt=\"Set Tone and Atmosphere by Mastering the Establishing Shot \u2014 Skyfall Cover\" width=\"755\" height=\"441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/skyfall-cover.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/skyfall-cover.jpg?resize=300,175 300w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/skyfall-cover.jpg?resize=768,449 768w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/skyfall-cover.jpg?resize=277,162 277w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/skyfall-cover.jpg?resize=359,210 359w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/skyfall-cover.jpg?resize=543,317 543w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/skyfall-cover.jpg?resize=865,505 865w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/skyfall-cover.jpg?resize=994,580 994w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/skyfall-cover.jpg?resize=560,327 560w, https:\/\/vip-go.premiumbeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/skyfall-cover.jpg?resize=150,88 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 755px) 100vw, 755px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-114190\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Skyfall<\/em>.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Consider these two shots: one from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0086465\/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"external\"><em>Trading Places<\/em><\/a>, the other from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1074638\/?ref_=nv_sr_1?ref_=nv_sr_1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"external\"><em>Skyfall<\/em><\/a>. One starts a scene, the other finishes a scene. <em>Trading Places<\/em> shows us the town we are in, craning down as a car comes to a halt to reveal our characters and begin the dialogue. In <em>Skyfall<\/em>, the scene develops after a conversation between our characters and their journey \u2014 the camera cranes up as the car turns into a driveway, revealing the name of the film and the setting for the final act.<\/p>\n<p>Both shots reveal elements slowly, building the atmosphere in a way a straight cut couldn\u2019t. Establishing shots work best when they\u2019re not standalone shots but, rather, a sequence of frames linked in a single shot, releasing critical information at a pace the audience can follow.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Cover image via <\/em>Skyfall <em>(Columbia Pictures).<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Looking for more on cinematography? Check out these articles.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/go-pro-7-best-action-camera\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Is the GoPro 7 Black the Best Action Camera on the Market?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/6-affordable-slow-motion-cameras\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">6 Slow Motion Cameras You Can Afford<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/working-with-color-checker-color-chart\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Production Tips: Working With a Color Checker on Your Next Shoot<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.premiumbeat.com\/blog\/working-with-color-science-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">Add Flavor to Your Footage by Implementing Color Science<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a 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