Shot Reverse Shot

 

Shot reverse shot is a filming technique where a shot of a character speaking is followed by a shot of another characters reaction and response to the 1st character. The following shot then shows the 1st character again and this continues throughout the scene. Quite often a scene using this technique will have to be shot twice if the film is being shot using only 1 camera. This is so the first time round they can record the 1st characters speech and reactions and the second time round record the 2nd characters speech and reactions. These clips can then be edited together in post-production into 1 fluid conversation. An example of shot reverse shot being used in a scene would be from The Hunger Games, found above.