cut to
Screenplay transition directive
Cut to is a filmmaking and screenwriting term for an abrupt transition from one scene to another: Cut to: Interior, warehouse, night.
In conversation, it signals skipping ahead in a narrative: So we're arguing about directions, cut to three hours later, we're still lost.
The phrase implies jumping past intervening details to reach the next significant moment.
- sceneDramatic unit or locale
- transitionChange from one state
- editModify written material
- spliceJoin end to end
- jumpPropel oneself airborne
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- screenwriting techniquesdialogue, exposition, flashback, montage, voice-over
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- editingediting, copy, paste, delete, undo
- TV lingoon air, off air, showrunner, cliffhanger, cue
- screenwritingscreenplay, screenplays, screenwriter, screenwriting, script