This document discusses three common filmmaking shot types: shot reverse shot, which alternates angles to show both sides of a conversation; eyeline match, which ensures the audience sees events in the order intended by matching characters' lines of sight; and establishing shot, which is a wide-angle shot at the start of a scene to set the location context. Examples of each shot type are provided.
2. Shot reverse shot
• This shot is typically used for a conversations and alternated so that you can see the angle of
each character when they are speaking.
• An example of a picture of this is :
3. Eyeline match
• This is the most important editing technique to get correctly.
• All this means is that the audience see everything in the order that the director
wants.
• So for example when you’re editing a scene where somebody enters a door you
the editor will need to make sure that the segments of clips they are putting
together run smoothly, i.e no jumps, sudden cuts or jumping to a different position
which would make it look very un real and unprofessional as the clip sequence
wouldn’t make sense.
• An example of this would be :
4. Establishing shot
• This type of shot is normally found at the start of a scene or something important.
• This shot does exactly what it says on the tin: it establishes the setting/scene.
• These shots are normally far away and they reveal a great area of the thing you are filming
• An example of this would be :
