A shot of someone responding to what's happening.
A reaction shot shows a listener or observer's response — a flicker of emotion, a laugh, shock. Cutting to reactions is one of the most powerful tools for emotion and comedy, and for controlling where the audience's empathy sits. Timing the cut to the reaction is everything.
The best editors do not just arrange footage — they orchestrate feeling, and every cut is a choice about what the audience experiences next.
Before you make a cut, Murch's Rule of Six gives you six weighted questions to ask — and the answers will tell you whether that edit deserves to exist.
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