Dramatic Landfall Shot

The opening shot that takes the form of a forward travelling on the sea, with the camera slowly rising to give a view of the shore.

Not to be confused with a Dramatic Landfill Shot.

Film

 * The Miramax Films Vanity Plate.
 * The Day After Tomorrow
 * U 2 Rattle And Hum (the documentary)
 * Jurassic Park
 * The Birdcage
 * Lara Croft Tomb Raider the Cradle of Life
 * Ocean's Eleven, after the introductory scene.
 * 21
 * Snakes on a Plane
 * The Lost Boys
 * Brand New World, on the pseudo-helicopter.
 * Quantum of Solace
 * The closing shot of X2: X-Men United.
 * Undercover Brother, when we see The Man's island fortress for the first time.
 * Far And Away
 * One or more of them Shark Attack movies.
 * The DVD menu for Disney's Atlantis: The Lost Empire.

Live-Action TV

 * Stock Footage on CSI: Miami.
 * Used to introduce the skyline of Caprica City in the re-imagined Battlestar Galactica.

Video Games

 * The opening of Need for Speed: Undercover, which is a parody of Hollywood action movies.
 * The intro movie of The Curse of Monkey Island plays with this: The camera zooms towards the titular Monkey Island... then swerves to zoom in on a drifting bumper car with our hero.
 * In Myst it's almost the opening shot of the entire game... as seen in a book.
 * The opening of Front Mission Evolved.

Western Animatnion

 * Batman Beyond