PRINCIPLES OF EDITING- SHOT REVERSE SHOT
Shot reverse shot is an technique where a character is looking at a subject (often another character) which is off screen, then the other character is looking back at the first character. The characters are often facing in the same direction so the audience assume they are looking at each other. Shot reverse shot is an example of continuity editing as the characters are looking each other but in reality the shots were probably filmed in two separate takes because the subjects are often off camera. The 180 degree rule has to be observed in shot reverse shot. For example, this episode of Criminal Minds (the scene starts at 2:38 and finishes 3:02) Dr Spencer Reid has just looked over evidence that could possibly link a teenager as a murder suspect. As he works in the behaviour analysis unit of the FBI he is suspicious of a certain look Adam gave a victim before they were murdered. When Adam is leaving the police station Spencer looks at Adam for a moment and he is giving the same look to Spencer the same way he gave his victim before he killed him. That is when Spencer realises that it was not Adam killing these people, it was another personality. The use of shot reverse shot works out well here because it establishes the fact that Spencer has discovered he has another personality.
Shot reverse shot is an technique where a character is looking at a subject (often another character) which is off screen, then the other character is looking back at the first character. The characters are often facing in the same direction so the audience assume they are looking at each other. Shot reverse shot is an example of continuity editing as the characters are looking each other but in reality the shots were probably filmed in two separate takes because the subjects are often off camera. The 180 degree rule has to be observed in shot reverse shot. For example, this episode of Criminal Minds (the scene starts at 2:38 and finishes 3:02) Dr Spencer Reid has just looked over evidence that could possibly link a teenager as a murder suspect. As he works in the behaviour analysis unit of the FBI he is suspicious of a certain look Adam gave a victim before they were murdered. When Adam is leaving the police station Spencer looks at Adam for a moment and he is giving the same look to Spencer the same way he gave his victim before he killed him. That is when Spencer realises that it was not Adam killing these people, it was another personality. The use of shot reverse shot works out well here because it establishes the fact that Spencer has discovered he has another personality.
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