reverse angle shot

reverse angle shot
  a basic camera angle composed of a shot photographed from the opposite side of a subject to provide a different perspective; in a dialogue scene between characters, a shot of the second participant is commonly composed as an over-the-shoulder shot; sometimes known as an 180 degree angle shot or change in perspective; the alternating pattern between two characters' points of view is known as shot/reverse shot
  Example: a typical dialogue scene with shot/reverse shot between two characters in Written on the Wind (1956).

Glossary of cinematic terms . 2015.

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  • reverse shot — Motion Pictures. a shot that views the action from the opposite side of the previous shot, as during a conversation between two actors, giving the effect of looking from one actor to the other. Also called reverse angle shot. [1930 35] * * * …   Universalium

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