The Aerial Establishing Shot

A high aerial establishing shot of [LOCATION — e.g. a
coastal town at dawn, a mountain range under cloud]. The
landscape sits still beneath the camera; the only motion is
the slow forward glide of the view and [NATURAL MOTION —
e.g. drifting cloud shadow, moving water].

Camera: high wide aerial, looking [ANGLE — e.g. down at
forty-five degrees], gliding forward slowly and smoothly.
Locked horizon, no jitter. Single continuous move.

Lens and light: [FOCAL LENGTH — moderate wide], deep depth
of field, everything sharp. [TIME OF DAY] light raking
across the terrain, long shadows, atmospheric haze building
with distance.

Tone: expansive, cinematic, calm. [COLOUR GRADE]. Rich
distance haze, clean highlights on water or snow.

No text. No visible aircraft parts. No abrupt altitude
change. No people readable at this scale.