Tuesday, 18 September 2012

Shot Reverse Shot

Shot Reverse Shot

Shot reverse shot is a filming technique where one character is shown looking at another character and then the other character is shown looking back at the first character. Since the characters are shown facing in opposite directions, the viewer assumes that they are looking at each other.

Shot reverse shot is the "classical" hollywood style of continuity editing.

Here is an example of a shot reverse shot



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