Establising shots

[wordmier]

How long should an establising shots be? I've been told mine are too long.

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[PadawanGeek]

It really depends on the way the shot is used, but i would say around 2-3 seconds

[WesScog]

Yea, just a few seconds.

http://acceptable.tv/tutorial/1

They talk a little about Establishing shots in this tutorial, and show an example of it, and it's only like 2 seconds long and it works great.