what kind of shot is this?

[FilmBoy77]

i was reading this book where it was saying how steven spielberg uses a lot of "reverse angles" throughout most of his movies. what is a reverse angle? i think the correct term may be a shot-reverse shot? is this different than a regualr over the shoulder shot when filming a conversation between two chracters?

can anybody give me an example or show a screenshot?

 

[Andrew Brinkhaus]

A reverse angle, or what it's commonly referred to as, a reversal, is basically just what it means, the reversal of a specific shot. This would be shot from the opposite side of a subject, in most cases. In a dialogue scene, a shot of the other actors/objects.

 

[mrblue1022]

Not sure if this is what you are talking about, but if you go here and scroll down about three quarters of the page, David Bordwell talks about a technique he calls compass point editing.