Thursday 13 January 2011

RESEARCH: Shot/Reverse Shot

Here is another commonly used filming technique, called shot reverse shot due the fact you alternate back and forth between 2 shots. This shot usually shows one person looking at another person as they are speaking, and then it reverses to show the person that just spoke seeing the other person speak. Ordinarily, the shot is recording from over the onlookers shoulder. There rule with this is, if you record over one persons right shoulder, you must do the same when recording from the other persons shoulder.

Shot reverse shot, also known as shot/countershot, I feel is a good technique to use because it creates the atmosphere as a viewer that you are in the conversation with the actors. Here is an image I made to demonstrate shot reverse shot:

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