Tuesday, March 12, 2013

Reaction Shots

Read Judges 13-15

Judges 13:19 "So Manoah took a kid with a meat offering, and offered it upon a rock unto the Lord: and the angel did wonderously; and Manoah and his wife looked on."

We see them often in movies and television shows. Something is happening in the scene, but instead of keeping the camera on the action, we see shots of others in the room watching the action.

They’re called reaction shots. We’re seeing the other characters’ reactions to the plot point.

We can keep this in mind when writing stories. We need to give the other characters in the room something to do, even if it’s just to react.

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