Shot reverse shot

Shot reverse shot

Often takes in reactions and happens in a two person dialogue.

Shot reverse shot is a continuity editing technique used in conversations or simply characters looking at each other or objects.

 A shot showing what the character is supposedly looking at (either a point of view or over the shoulder shot) is followed by a reverse angle shot of the character themselves looking at it, or of the other character looking back at them, for example. 

Shot reverse shot often ties in with the 180° rule to retain continuity by not distorting the audience’s sense of location of the characters in the shots.

an example of shot reverse shot