jump cut

noun

|Updated on: 1 Aug 2018

Definition of jump cut

: 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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play \ˈjəmp-ˌkət\ verb

Recent Examples of jump cut from the Web

Still, with its jump cuts and whip-pans, the original is decidedly a work of cinema.

— christopher wallenberg, BostonGlobe.com, "A new ‘Moulin Rouge!’ for a new Colonial," 5 July 2018
Laura rebukes her father, says no to the trip 15 times, and then of course Feste jump cuts to a scene of the adamant Laura behind the wheel, accepting the inevitable.

— gary thompson, Philly.com, "'Boundaries' reduces Farmiga to Plummer's helper.," 4 July 2018
What could have inspired early film editors to use these jump cuts?

— daniel glaser, A-LIST, "Out of Your Mind," 1 July 2018
Not only are there few jump cuts, but the camera work is also intentionally slow.

— jason zinoman, New York Times, "Home Is Where the Horror Is," 7 June 2018
And his directorial style — which favors long shots and camera movement over jump cuts — gets under your skin far more effectively than horror films that go in for more frenetic editing.

— todd vanderwerff, Vox, "Hereditary director Ari Aster on family trauma and researching that ending," 14 June 2018
Vignette shots, fade-outs, jump cuts, reverse shots — all began as ideas to try out and, if effective, to keep in mind for the next movie.

— Longreads, "When the Movies Went West," 15 May 2018
Add sometimes amaze 'em football, too, given his dazzling jump cuts.

— bill livingston, cleveland.com, "Rating Saquon Barkley as possible Cleveland Browns' No. 1 draft pick: Bill Livingston," 7 Mar. 2018
The series delves into Lynchian surrealism and opts for unsettling anguish over jump cuts.

— andrew r. chow, New York Times, "What’s on TV Wednesday: ‘Big Brother’ and ‘Queer Eye’," 7 Feb. 2018

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