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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
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Shot/reverse shot is a feature of the "classical" Hollywood style of
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This article related to film or motion picture terminology is a
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Index

Shot reverse shot
Shot Reverse Shot (song)


Greed
film technique
reverse shot
countershot
continuity editing
eyeline match


"Editing guide"
"Film lexicon"
ISBN
0-07-331027-1
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Film editing
Choreography
Synchronization
Attentional control
Master shot
Parallel cut
Clues
Cutaway
Eyeline match
Points of view
Multiple exposure

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