From the course: Video Journalism: Shooting Techniques
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From the course: Video Journalism: Shooting Techniques
Shooting an establishing shot
An establishing shot sets up your story in a single scene or sequence of shots. Its purpose is to give your story an immediate sense of place while introducing your topic. It's usually the opening scene or at least near the top of your story. You can also use establishing shots as you go to new scenes or locations. Super-wide shots like this aerial work well, but consider other means to establish your story: a point-of-view shot from the driver's seat of a sports car, a close-up of a man sharpening charcoal, or a group of runners on a beach. Each grabs the viewer's attention and helps set up your story. Here are few establishing shots I took for this course. The sign in this wide shot gives you a pretty good idea of what's going on, and the natural sound affirms that. The next shot will confirm it when you see that this man is working with wood on a lathe. Natural sound is helpful here, too, as you see this scoop going in and scooping up what appears to be sugar or salt. Well, the…
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