This document defines and explains several technical terms used in film editing: 1) Shot reverse shot shows two characters facing each other by alternating between shots of each character looking off-screen at the other. 2) An establishing shot establishes the setting and positions of elements at the beginning of a scene. 3) Cross cutting cuts between two or more scenes in different locations to imply they are happening simultaneously. 4) Eye line matching cuts to what a character is looking at off-screen, such as another character or object.

1. Editing (Moesha)
TECHNICAL TERMS FOR EDITING

2. Shot Reverse Shot
 Shot reverse shot is a film technique where one character is
shown looking at another character (off-screen), and then the
other character is shown looking back at the first character. Since
the characters are shown facing in opposite directions, the viewer
thinks that they are looking at each other.
Shot Reverse Shot

3. Establishing Shot
 A long shot, often the first in a sequence, which establishes
the positions of elements relative to each other and identifies
the setting. Usually an extreme long or long shot offered at
the beginning of a scene or sequence providing the viewer
with the context of the subsequent closer shots.
Location: School

4. Cross Cutting
 Swiftly cutting backwards and forwards between more than
one scene. The alternating of shots from two sequences,
often in different locales, to suggest the sequences are
taking place simultaneously.

5. Eye line Matching
 When a character looks into off-screen space the spectator
expects to see what he or she is looking at so there will be a cut
to show what is being looked at:
 object
 view
 another character
example, character A will look off-screen at character B. Cut to
character B, who is in the same room and engaged.

6. Graphic Matching
 A visual rhyme between two following shots.

7. 180 Degree Rule
 The convention that the camera can be
placed in any position as long as it remains on
one side of the action.

8. Matching on Action
 A cut between two shots of the same action
from different positions, giving an impression
of seamless simultaneity.