Shot Reverse Shot

Shot Reverse Shot

Shot reverse shot is 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. Since the characters are shown facing in opposite directions, the viewer assumes that they are looking at each other. This is most often used during conversation between two characters, however it can also be used to do other things.

This shows the two camera positions for shot reverse shot

Here is an example of shot reverse shot in the hungry games