Camera angles: Extreme long shot

This camera angle can also be called framing or shot length. This shot can be taken up to a quarter of a mile away, and is mostly used to show a setting of a scene establishing shot. Not much detail is given in the shot it is meant to give the viewer a general impression not specific information. It usually shows an exterior for example, the outside of a building or a landscape. These shots are very effective in war films and disaster movies etc.