jump cut
nounDefinition 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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His authorial intrusions, jump cuts and sheer mischief influenced American experimentalists like John Barth and Donald Barthelme. — New York Times, "10 New Books We Recommend This Week," 14 June 2018 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. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'jump cut.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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