1. Editing Concepts
- Georgina Hughes

2. Shot/Reverse Shot
• Shot reverse shot is a camera/editing
technique used to show conversation. Most
commonly used within soaps, films and
anything to do with acting; Shot/Reverse shot
shows one actor looking/talking to another
character, then the other character is shown
looking/talking back at the first character. The
characters being opposite eachother, gives the
delusion that the characters are actually
talking to eachother.

3. Shot/Reverse Shot
Here character 1 is captured
talking to character 2 from
behind him. Giving audience
the illusion that they are part
of the conversation
Here character 2 is captured
talking back to character 1 from
behind him. This gives the
audience the same illusion.

4. Eye line match.
• Eyeline matching is an editing technique
which begins with a shot of a character
looking in a specific direction, then shows a
second shot of the area towards the character
was looking.

5. Eyeline match Shot 2 shows
the audience
what the
Shot 1 shows the character was
character looking looking at.
at something