Editing Wide shot (section)

==Notable examples==
Many directors are known for their use of the variety of wide shots. A key example of them is the frequent use of establishing shots and very wide shots in [[Peter Jackson]]'s ''[[The Lord of the Rings (film series)|The Lord of the Rings]]'' trilogy, showing the vast New Zealand landscape to instil awe in the audience.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xgMaBgAAQBAJ&q=who+famously+used+wide+shots&pg=PA75|title=Film Studies For Dummies|last=Cateridge|first=James|date=2015-02-09|publisher=John Wiley & Sons|isbn=9781118886595|language=en}}</ref>

In the 1993 film ''[[Schindler's List]]'', there is a running image of a small girl trapped within a concentration camp wearing a red coat (the only colour in the film). She is frequently pictured in a wide shot format as a way to display both her and the horrific surroundings to build a disturbing contrast.

In the 1939 film ''[[The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)|The Wizard of Oz]]'', a very wide shot is used that keeps all the protagonists on screen with the Wizard's palace in clear view. ''The Wizard of Oz'' was also one of the first mainstream motion pictures to include colour.

The 1962 ''[[Lawrence of Arabia (film)|Lawrence of Arabia]]'' contains an enormous number{{Clarify|reason=vague|date=October 2017}} of extreme wide shots which successfully induced the feeling of scale of the lead in his surrounding and aesthetically dwarfed him due to his surroundings making him seem more vulnerable and weak.

The 1981 film ''[[Raiders of the Lost Ark]]'' contains the use of a wide shot to show the dangerous scale of a boulder that is chasing the protagonist.

The 2008 film ''[[The Dark Knight]]'' featured a practical stunt in which a large truck and trailer are flipped nose first. This is shot very far back to give the shot more clarity and to see the flip through its entirety as opposed to cutting midway through.

In the 2015 Ridley Scott film ''[[The Martian (film)|The Martian]]'', the protagonist Mark Watney is stranded on Mars and the film contains many wide shots.{{Clarify|reason=vague|date=October 2017}} These are used to show the Martian landscape and give the character the sense of isolation that the film would want.