Shot Reverse Shot - where one character is shown looking at another character (who is often off- screen), and then the other character is shown looking back at the first character.
180-degree Rule - a simple guideline concerned with the on-screen spacial relationship between a character and another character or object within the scene.
Match on Action - a film and video editing technique where the editor cuts from one shot to another view of the same scene that matches the first shots action same action.
Eye line Match - a film editing technique associated with the continuity editing system. It is based on the proposition that the audience will want to see what the character on-screen is seeing.
Examples
Shot Reverse Shot
The camera cuts between the two characters as they are speaking to each other.
The two characters are stood opposite each other and the camera must be positioned in the 180 degrees on one side of them, in order to avoid confusing the audience.
Match On Action
The camera cuts from him about to walk through the door to a different view of the other side of him as he backs out through the door.
Eye Line Match
Shows a close up of him looking at something, then what he is looking at.
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