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    Two shots of one exchange: over his shoulder onto her face, then the reverse over her shoulder onto his face, both at the same height and lens.

    Shot sizes

    Shot reverse shot

    A conversation the viewer sits inside, cutting between the two faces.

    Use when
    Dialogue, interviews with two people, a customer and a salesperson.

    Prompt instructions

    Scene: [your subject] in [your setting]. First frame: two shots of one exchange: over his shoulder onto her face, then the reverse over her shoulder onto his face, both at the same height and lens Shot 1 (0:00 to 0:05): one continuous shot

    Seedance 2.5 reads labelled blocks with timecodes.

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    Sources

    Own words; the term from general film vocabulary, as also used in Flim's filters (its counter-shot preset) Checked 2026-11-13.

    ShotDeck: real film examples of this shot type (paid, link only)

    Flim: film, ad and music-video stills of this shot type (free tier, link only)

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