Editing Shot/reverse shot

{{Short description|Film technique showing two characters}}
{{for|the 2013 song|Shot Reverse Shot (song)}}
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'''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 (a {{linktext|reverse shot}} or {{linktext|countershot}}). Since the characters are shown facing in opposite directions, the viewer assumes that they are looking at each other.<ref name=yale>{{cite web|title=Editing guide|publisher=Yale University|author=Film Studies Program|year=2002|url=http://classes.yale.edu/film-analysis/htmfiles/editing.htm|access-date=2010-03-30}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Film lexicon|publisher=MIT|author=Staff of "Hamlet on the Ramparts" Project|url=http://shea.mit.edu/ramparts/commentaryguides/glossary/filmlexicon.htm#shotreverse|access-date=2016-07-30}}</ref>

==Context==
Shot/reverse shot is a feature of the "classical" Hollywood style of [[continuity editing]], which deemphasizes transitions between shots such that the spectator perceives one continuous action that develops linearly, chronologically, and logically. It is an example of an [[eyeline match]].<ref name="yale" />

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== Sources ==
{{cite book |author1=Bordwell, David |author2=Thompson, Kristin |title=Film Art: An Introduction |publisher=McGraw-Hill |location=New York |year=2006 |isbn=0-07-331027-1 }}

{{Continuity editing}}
{{Cinematic techniques}}

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