Editing Wide shot (section)

==History==
[[File:Muybridge race horse animated 184px.gif|thumb|''[[The Horse in Motion|Sallie Gardner at a Gallop]]'']]
This type of filmmaking was a result of filmmakers trying to retain the sense of the viewer watching a play in front of them, as opposed to just a series of pictures.

The wide shot has been used since films have been made as it is a very basic type of [[cinematography]]. In 1878, one of the first true motion pictures, ''[[The Horse in Motion|Sallie Gardner at a Gallop]]'', was released.<ref>{{Citation|last=Muybridge|first=Eadweard|title=Sallie Gardner at a Gallop|date=1 January 2000|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2221420/|access-date=10 November 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.historybyzim.com/2013/05/sallie-gardner-at-a-gallop/|title=Sallie Gardner at a Gallop|date=29 May 2013|website=HistoryByZim.com|access-date=27 October 2017}}</ref> Even though this wouldn't be considered a film in the current motion picture industry, it was a huge step towards complete motion pictures.{{According to whom|date=October 2017}} It is arguable that it is very basic but it still remains that it was displayed as a wide angle as both the rider and horse are fully visible in the frame.

In the 1880s, [[Celluloid|celluloid photographic film]] and motion picture cameras became available so more motion pictures could be created in the form of [[Kinetoscope]] or through projectors. These early films also maintained a wide angle layout as it was the best way to keep everything visible for the viewer. Once motion pictures became more available in the 1890s, there were public screenings of many different films only being around a minute long, or even less. These films again adhered to the wide shot style. One of the first competitive filming techniques came in the form of the close-up, as [[George Albert Smith]] incorporated them into his film ''[[Hove]]''. Though unconfirmed as the first usage of this method, it is one of the earliest recorded examples. Once the introduction of new framing techniques were introduced, more and more styles were developed and used for the benefits they could provide that wide shots couldn't.

In the early 1900s, motion pictures evolved from short, minute long, screenings to becoming full-length motion pictures. More and more cinematic techniques appeared, resulting in the wide shot being less commonly used. However, it still remained as it is almost irreplaceable in what it can achieve. When television entered the home in the 1960s, it was seen as a massive hit to the cinema industry and many saw it as the decline in cinema popularity. This in turn resulted in films having to stay ahead of television by incorporating superior quality than that of a television. This was done by adding color, but importantly it implemented the use of widescreen. This would allow a massive increase in space usable by the director, thus allowing an even wider shot for the viewer to witness more of any given shot.

Modern films will now frequently use the different types of wide shots as they are a staple in filmmaking and are almost impossible to avoid unless deliberately chosen to. In the current climate of films, the technical quality of any given shot will appear with much better clarity which has given life to some incredible shots from modern cinema. Also, given the quality of modern home entertainment mediums such as Blu-ray, 3D and Ultra HD Blu Rays, this has allowed the scope and size of any given frame to encompass more of the scene and environment in greater detail.