cross-cut
Saw against grain
Cross-cut describes a cut made across the grain of wood, as opposed to along it.
A cross-cut saw has teeth designed for this purpose.
In film and video, to cross-cut is to alternate between scenes happening simultaneously in different locations, building tension or showing parallel action: The editor cross-cut between the heist and the police arriving.
As a noun, a crosscut is also a path that cuts across rather than following the main route.
Alternating between parallel scenes
- montageAssembled sequence of images
- juxtapositionAdjacent contrasting placement
- spliceJoin end to end
- transitionChange from one state
sequence · scene · shot · cutaway · dissolve · fade · pacing · timing
Incision from a blade
- miterTall liturgical headdress
- bevelSloped edge or cut
- timberWood for construction
- lumberSawn wood for building
woodcutting · sawmill · sawdust · hardwood · softwood · grain · blade · teeth
Cross at a point
- crisscrossOverlapping lines in X-shapes
- latticeOpenwork of crossed strips
- meshInterlocking open weave
- gridFramework of intersecting lines
weave · interlace · overlap · diagonal · traverse · network · perpendicular · transverse
intercutting
Alternating between parallel scenes
- montageAssembled sequence of images
- juxtapositionAdjacent contrasting placement
- spliceJoin end to end
transition · sequence · scene · shot · cutaway · dissolve · fade · pacing · timing · continuity
kerf
Incision from a blade
lumber · woodcutting · sawmill · sawdust · hardwood · softwood · grain · blade · teeth · felling
intersect
Cross at a point
- crisscrossOverlapping lines in X-shapes
- latticeOpenwork of crossed strips
- meshInterlocking open weave
grid · weave · interlace · overlap · diagonal · traverse · network · perpendicular · transverse · striations
woodworking
Craft of shaping lumber
tenon · mortise · dovetail · chisel · plane · cabinetmaking · veneer · inlay · marquetry · woodgrain
- data destructionshredding, shredder, incineration, degaussing, overwriting
- film editingediting, film editing, editor, splice, splicing
- swordplayfencer, swordsman, sword fighting, swordsmanship, parry
- cinematographycamera, lens, shot, shots, lighting