reaction shot
Listener's filmed expression
A reaction shot is a film or television technique showing a character's face responding to something—another character's words, an event, or a revelation.
Directors cut to reaction shots to emphasize emotional impact: The camera held on her reaction shot as she learned the news.
The technique guides viewers toward intended emotional responses without additional dialogue.
- B rollSupplementary visual material
- close-upNear-range photograph
- expressionConveyed thought or feeling
- faceHead's anterior surface
- wide eyesEnlarged gaze showing surprise
raised eyebrow · slow blink · response · gasp · widen · shock · surprise · witness · audience · fourth wall · Jim Halpert · editor · cut · glance · stare · double-take · eyebrow · record scratch
- camera shotsclose-up, close up, zoom in, zoom out, dolly zoom
- Filmmakingcamera, film director, camcorder, directing, script
- candid shotssnapshot, candid portrait, stolen moment, photobomb, behind-the-scenes
- comedy tropespratfall, parody, sight gag, running gag, satire
- reality TVSurvivor, contestant, The Bachelor, elimination, The Bachelorette
- slapstickpratfall, banana peel, pie throw, falling down, custard pie
reaction shotaction shot
Image capturing movement
master shot · establishing shot · POV shot · money shot · hero shot
reaction shotprincipal photography
Primary filming of scenes
two-shot · wide shot · long shot · full shot · group shot
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