Reaction Shot: Difference between revisions

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See also: [[Double Take]], [[Eye Take]], [[Loud Gulp]], [[Shrug Take]], [[Spit Take]], [[Split Screen Reaction]]. An extreme form of this, usually reserved for [[Sequential Art]] with all but the [[Steve Martin|most]] [[Chevy Chase|physical]] [[Jim Carrey|of comedians]], is the [[Face Fault]].

'''2.''' When a character (or characters) are shown reacting to something 'off camera.' Either precedes or precludes a [[Reveal Shot]]. In the latter case it becomes a [[Take Our Word for It]]. Can be used for laughs as the characters describe what they're seeing. One of the more clever forms of censorship (if you can't show something unspeakable, show people reacting to it and let the audience picture it for themselves!) [[Head Tiltingly Kinky]] is an example. The effect can give the offscreen event [[Nothing Is Scarier|more impact than a direct depiction]].

'''2.''' When a character (or characters) are shown reacting to something 'off camera.' Either precedes or precludes a [[Reveal Shot]]. In the latter case it becomes a [[Take Our Word for It]]. Can be used for laughs as the characters describe what they're seeing. One of the more clever forms of censorship (if you can't show something unspeakable, show people reacting to it and let the audience picture it for themselves!) [[Head-Tiltingly Kinky]] is an example. The effect can give the offscreen event [[Nothing Is Scarier|more impact than a direct depiction]].