jump cut
noun
: a sudden often jarring cut from one shot or scene to another without intervening devices (such as fade-outs)
broadly
: an abrupt transition (as in a narrative)
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Instead, director Alabi stocks up on flavorful images of Black London, impeccably dressed actors and dancers bathed in cinematic light, and a brain-frying amount of jump cuts that don’t allow the viewer to meditate on what’s being shown.
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Mosi Reeves, Rolling Stone, 13 June 2025
In keeping with the traditions of the French New Wave, Linklater employed a number of elements made famous during this movement, including voiceover, jump cuts, existential irony, and tracking shots.
—Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 17 May 2025
Smaller sequences are broken up with jolting jump cuts: just the opening of an envelope, the work of a single second, includes three cuts.
—Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 16 May 2025
Dream sequences and fantasies, a talking thousand-dollar bill, and a series of jump cuts of pushy patrons in a diner echo a collective, endemic madness.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 14 Feb. 2025
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Mosi Reeves, Rolling Stone, 13 June 2025
In keeping with the traditions of the French New Wave, Linklater employed a number of elements made famous during this movement, including voiceover, jump cuts, existential irony, and tracking shots.
—Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 17 May 2025
Smaller sequences are broken up with jolting jump cuts: just the opening of an envelope, the work of a single second, includes three cuts.
—Stephanie Bunbury, Deadline, 16 May 2025
Dream sequences and fantasies, a talking thousand-dollar bill, and a series of jump cuts of pushy patrons in a diner echo a collective, endemic madness.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 14 Feb. 2025
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“Jump cut.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jump%20cut. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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