A wide shot that sets the location and context before cutting closer.
An establishing shot is typically a wide view that orients the audience — showing where a scene takes place before the edit moves to medium and close shots. It grounds the viewer in space so subsequent closer shots make sense, and is a building block of continuity editing.
Continuity editing is the dominant Hollywood system that stitches shots together so smoothly the audience never notices the cut.
Every cut is a decision about what the audience knows, feels, and believes — editing is where story is written for the last time.
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