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The reading is about the establishing shot.
It states that it is an image shown briefly at the beginning of the scene.
Film directors use it for two reasons.
First, they communicate background information to the viewer.
Second, they make mood so that audience can easily understand the situation.
In the lecture, the professor gives us an example.
First, he saw a shot. It was a city full of buildings and skyscrapers and looked like old age.
It made him gloomy, dark, and mysterious feeling.
After that, he noticed that the office was located in a tall building in the 1940s.
The shot enabled him to quickly understand the situation.