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Shot sizes & framing · Working

Extreme wide shot

Also called: EWS, extreme long shot

ELI5

A very wide shot in which landscape, architecture or scale dominates over individual detail.

Used in conversation

“The storyboard calls for the extreme wide shot before we move into the detail.”

Pitch context

This term helps a treatment describe how the camera or light will shape the viewer's experience.

Why it matters: Explains what the image should look like and how it can be framed, captured and lit.

Connected terms

  • ShotExtreme wide shot is a narrower kind of Shot.
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