How to Shoot Conversations

            There are some important rules to remember when shooting a conversation between two people.

            Normally, a conversation would star with a two shot, this shows the two people and the location they are sitting in, it is like an establishing shot.

            Next, they director might cut to an over the shoulder shot, this show the person the character is talking to from their point of view. It places the audience and makes them feel as though they are part of the conversation. Then a cutaway might be used to show the other characters over the shoulder shot.

Another rule, is the use of eye line match, this means that when two people are talking their eye lines match and it looks as though they are both the same height.

Finally, the director may choose to use a noddy shot; it is a reaction shot. It shows the reaction of someone to something that might have been said in the conversation.