| 1 | [[quoteright:350:[[Film/{{Vertigo}} https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/vertigo15.jpg]]]] |
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| 3 | An OverTheShoulder shot is one of the most common shots in film and television. It frames a dialog speaker with the shoulder and back of the head of the character being spoken to. |
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| 5 | Along with the MediumTwoShot, it is one component of the ShotReverseShot. A classic tactic for DoubleVision. Sometimes used as a variant of TheFaceless. |
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| 7 | The video game trope AlwaysOverTheShoulder --in which the camera in third-person video games is directly behind the player character to make looking and aiming easier-- is named for this. See OverTheShoulderMurderShot for a horror-specific SubTrope. |
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| 9 | !!Examples: |
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