Anish Koirala

I’m not a DOP, I’m a writer director, so as per my practical experience and understanding is that whether or not establishing shot required  that solely depends on the director decision. If the script demands  then we must take the shot ( wide or close ) that established particular scene , character , events or location.

As per my knowledge the establishing shot and wide shot are two different things . Establishing or opening shot could be close or wide that details the motto of the scene. If we want to show the character waking in the middle of the City  then we must have to take 1-2 different angle wide shots that establish the character in city surrounded by crowd , and then we can cut to the character close up to show his expression depends on what we want to show.

We can establish the scene with either close up and wide shot depends on the particular scene. If we want character in the room sitting and thinking , we can either first show the tight close up then cut to wide and vice versa . Off course taking wide shot in the outdoor location cost time and money .

  Best ,

 Anishk

On 6/21/2020 at 1:06 PM, Max Field said:

Like the title says, I wanted to get some DoPs opinions on the necessity of an establishing shot for storytelling. It's cheaper to get a high quality close-up as opposed to a high quality extra-wide so I feel like budget plays a huge role in picking what we show.

For instance when it comes to shooting miniatures for claymation... it's a lot more time and effort to get a fleshed out establishing of the environment. Also an establishing shot can also destroy the audience's suspension-of-disbelief for certain elements too.

Anyone have professional examples of DoPs choosing to not use an establishing shot?

On 6/21/2020 at 1:06 PM, Max Field said:

Like the title says, I wanted to get some DoPs opinions on the necessity of an establishing shot for storytelling. It's cheaper to get a high quality close-up as opposed to a high quality extra-wide so I feel like budget plays a huge role in picking what we show.

For instance when it comes to shooting miniatures for claymation... it's a lot more time and effort to get a fleshed out establishing of the environment. Also an establishing shot can also destroy the audience's suspension-of-disbelief for certain elements too.

Anyone have professional examples of DoPs choosing to not use an establishing shot?

On 6/21/2020 at 1:06 PM, Max Field said:

Like the title says, I wanted to get some DoPs opinions on the necessity of an establishing shot for storytelling. It's cheaper to get a high quality close-up as opposed to a high quality extra-wide so I feel like budget plays a huge role in picking what we show.

For instance when it comes to shooting miniatures for claymation... it's a lot more time and effort to get a fleshed out establishing of the environment. Also an establishing shot can also destroy the audience's suspension-of-disbelief for certain elements too.

Anyone have professional examples of DoPs choosing to not use an establishing shot?

Hi,

  I’m not a DOP, I’m a writer director, so as per my practical experience and understanding is that whether or not establishing shot required  that solely depends on the director decision. If the script demands  then we must take the shot ( wide or close ) that established particular scene , character , events or location.

As per my knowledge the establishing shot and wide shot are two different things . Establishing or opening shot could be close or wide that details the motto of the scene. If we want to show the character waking in the middle of the City  then we must have to take 1-2 different angle wide shots that establish the character in city surrounded by crowd , and then we can cut to the character close up to show his expression depends on what we want to show.

We can establish the scene with either close up and wide shot depends on the particular scene. If we want character in the room sitting and thinking , we can either first show the tight close up then cut to wide and vice versa . Off course taking wide shot in the outdoor location cost time and money .

  Best ,

 Anishk