reverse shot
Noun
Meaning
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reverse shot (plural reverse shots)
(cinematography) A shot in which one character is shown looking back at another, unseen character.
Examples
Conversations juxtaposed shot and reverse shot of two actors in the same take, captured with two cameras, for the entire movie.
Shot reverse shot (or shot/countershot) is a film technique where one character is shown looking at another character (often off-screen), and then the other character is shown looking back at the first character.
It is usually established by being positioned between a shot of a character looking at something, and a shot showing the character's reaction (see shot reverse shot ).