cross-shot

Oblique camera angle

A cross-shot is a camera angle or photograph taken from the side rather than head-on, often capturing a subject in profile or at an oblique angle.

In film and television, cross-shots typically alternate between two speakers during dialogue, showing each from the opposite side: The director used cross-shots to build tension between the characters.

sports

volleyball

Court game over net

court · diagonal · angle · placement · strategy · winner · rally · net · opponent · sideline

cinematography

editing

Refining content for clarity

matching · reaction · intercut · sequence · transition · insert · cutaway · scene · montage · angle

Opposites
camera angle/direction

cross-shotPOV shot

Camera as character's eyes

reverse shot · master shot · wide shot · establishing shot

camera angle orientation

cross-shotfront view

Appearance from ahead

straight angle

Family

cross, shot, crossed, crossing, crosses, crosser, crosswise, crossroad, shots

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