An early shot that allows the audience to see the physical relationship of everything of importance that may come into play within a scene. In other words, the actors and the important elements on the set or location are all shown at one time - generally in a long shot - so that future shots within the scene make spatial sense to the viewers. The angle of the establishing shot, as well as the way it's lit and photographed, all contribute to the initial mood and tone of the scene to follow.
The establishing shot is a heavily used cinematic storytelling device, but directors have been known to avoid using it, either to conceal information or to purposefully disorient the audience.
Since the 1950s, this title has come to signify the person responsible for providing or arranging to provide the money for a film's production.
The executive producer may also be the person who made the deal to pull the star(s), director, and the story property together. Whatever way executive producers come by this title, they are always the individuals who set everything in motion and are responsible for hiring the producer to oversee the technical and logistical elements of the filmmaking process. Some of the more wellknown executive producers of the modern era are Dino de Laurentiis and (more recently) STEVEN SPIELBERG.
In Hollywood's golden era, executive producer credits were rarely given as it was assumed that people such as IRVING THALBERG at MGM, JACK L. WARNER at Warner Bros., and HARRY COHN at Columbia were the ultimate executives in charge of production. By the 1940s, however, there began to be exceptions, and producers with clout sometimes received recognition by being given executive producer status on certain pictures. For instance, at Warner Bros. HAL B. WALLIS was sometimes granted that rarefied title. But it didn't happen often.
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