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Wide shot

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A wide shot shows the geography of a scene: who is where, what the set is. Board it as an establish and as a possible recut master, not as decoration.

A wide shot (WS) shows geography: bodies in space, the room, the street. An EWS is wider still (landscape, establishing). On a storyboard the wide is often both “pretty establish” and the master you will recut if coverage fails. Draw it so an editor could live in it.

Establishing is a job a wide can do, not a separate religion. Shot size table.

Related: coverage, medium shot.

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