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6	[[quoteright:319:[[Film/MulhollandDrive https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/shot_reverse_shot.jpg]]]]
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8	A common method of shooting dialogue: repeated shots of each speaker's face, interrupted by the occasional MediumTwoShot, usually framed as the point of view of the other character.
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10	This technique is often employed as a method of convenience; if it's impossible to get both of the actors together to film a shot, OverTheShoulder can be used with stand-ins who look, from behind, [[FakeShemp similar to the absent actor]] to complete the scene. It's also often used as an example of the KuleshovEffect in action. The viewer will naturally assume each shot is the point of view of the opposite character to the one speaking.
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12	This is a standard technique from UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfHollywood. Pick a major-studio film from the era before Cinemascope, any of them, and you'll find an example of this technique.
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20	* ''Manga/DeliciousInDungeon'': "Red Dragon I'' ends on one of these: Laios looks down upon [[spoiler:his sister Falin's skull]] as he cradles it in his hands, followed by a shot of him as viewed through [[spoiler:said skull's eyeholes]].
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24	* ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', uses this for the scene where Mei's friends try to convince her to go karaokeing with them and the following scene where Mei talks to her mother thus comparing and contrasting the dynamic Mei has with her friends vs. her mother.
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28	* Japanese director Creator/YasujiroOzu had a variation on this, filming conversations in shot-reverse shot sequences where each person in the conversation was centered and looking straight at the camera, rather than the over-the-shoulder style that is seen far more often.
29	* The 2014 movie adaptation of ''Literature/{{Blackbird\|1986}}'' uses this during a conversation between Randy and his father, as each speaker is viewed through the other's eyes.
30	* The prevalence of this approach in '30s-'40s ''{{film noir}}'' movies made it possible for Creator/SteveMartin to "act" with Creator/BetteDavis, Creator/HumphreyBogart, Creator/CharlesLaughton, etc. in ''Film/DeadMenDontWearPlaid''.
31	* ''Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheFellowshipOfTheRing'' gets across Galadriel's ability to see into the Fellowship's mind by cutting between an ExtremeCloseUp of her eyes and then a member of the Fellowship. This goes on for each of them until we cut back to her from Frodo's face, when we hear her speaking telepathically into her mind.
32	* Done to excellent effect in ''Film/MulhollandDrive'' as seen in the page image -- unlike most movies, the camera is not stationary on a tripod, but ever so slowly floats eerily up and down through space, as if [[MindScrew the film itself is slowly becoming entirely detached from reality]].
33	* Some highly anticipated movies film actors in roles meant to be a surprise for the audience with Shot/Reverse Shot so the actor can be filmed separately from the rest of the cast and crew, dramatically decreasing the chance of a leak. This is probably why a scene from ''Film/SpiderManNoWayHome'' featuring a surprising new character was shot this way. [[spoiler:The character in question, Tobey Maguire's Spider-Man, is never seen in a wide shot of the house he's supposed to have walked into.]]
34	* ''Franchise/StarWars'':
35	%% ** Used during almost every dialogue scene in the prequel trilogy.
36	** Used to illustrate the PsychicLink between Rey and Kylo Ren in ''Film/TheLastJedi''. Each is filmed as though talking to the other in the same location, even when separated by vast distances.
37	%%* The initial conversation between Charles Xavier and Eric Lensherr in ''Film/XMen1''.
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41	* ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'':
42	** The episode "Lie to Me" from the second season features this ad nauseam in the outside-the-school discussion between Buffy and Ford.
43	** Angel's appearance in the series finale was filmed that way because David Boreanaz was only available for a short time.
44	** There was a Buffy/Giles graveyard scene which used Sarah Michelle Gellar's stunt double accompanied by looped lines for the shots that were over Buffy's shoulder.
45	%% * Often used in the filmed evidence in ''Series/{{Cluedo}}''.
46	* The field interviews in ''Series/TheDailyShow with Jon Stewart'' are usually filmed this way.
47	%% * Any given episode of the original ''Dragnet'' TV series with Jack Webb.
48	* Michael and Hurley's conversation in season 6 of ''Series/{{Lost}}'' were filmed this way, presumably because they only had Harold Perrineau for a short time.
49	* Any scene that involved both twins interacting in ''Series/ThePattyDukeShow''.
50	* Examined by Creator/CharlieBrooker on ''Series/{{Screenwipe}}'', where he showed how much ManipulativeEditing can be accomplished by interposing [[ReactionShot otherwise pointless shots of the interviewer nodding]] to cover the edits in the subject's answers.
51	* ''Series/VeronicaMars'' had to improvise an exchange between Veronica and a musician when the actor playing the musician couldn't come in to re-do the take. They hashed together the version where they were together with the one where Creator/KristenBell was delivering her lines to no-one.
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