Shot reverse Shot is a cinema technique that is used to represent two sides of a conversation that is happening within the scene. During the conversation the shot reverse shot consists of a close up or mid shot of someone who is talking, then goes to a cut to the reaction of the other person who is listening (usually with an over the shoulder shot) and then only to then cut back to the original speaker. This cinematic technique fluently and efficiently presents the back and forth between two characters. The audience members presume that the two characters are talking to each other as they are looking in opposite directions, one character would be looking to the right and one to the left. The characters don't necessarily have to be talking to each other for it to be a shot/reverse shot. It can also be two characters just looking at each other, back and forth.
A shot reverse shot can also be used to express an importance of a certain item that is being shown in the film. It would work the same way as a conversational shot/reverse shot, however replacing the shot of the person who is listening, with an inanimate object.
This is a unique example of a shot reverse shot as the conversation that the character of Norman Osborne is having, is with himself, or rather with his self made alter ego the Green Goblin, in which the shot reverse shot technique issued by Director Sam Raimi
References: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shot_reverse_shot
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