jump cuts
Discontinuous film splices
Jump cuts are abrupt transitions in film or video editing where continuous footage is cut so that time appears to skip forward jarringly.
The camera angle stays roughly the same, but the subject has shifted position, creating a disorienting effect.
Once considered an error, jump cuts became a deliberate stylistic choice in the French New Wave and are now common in YouTube videos and vlogs: The vlogger used jump cuts to trim dead air from her monologue.
- French New Wave1960s cinematic revolution
- montageAssembled sequence of images
- jarringDisturbingly incongruous
- editingRefining content for clarity
- abruptSharp and unexpected
discontinuity · rough edit · sequence · splicing · cutting room · transition · time skip · filmmaking · cross-cutting · nonlinear editing · pacing · disorientation · video · interruption · narrative structure · fragmented narrative · cinematic techniques · YouTube
- Filmmakingcamera, film director, camcorder, directing, script
- directorial approachescinema verite, storyboarding, long takes, handheld camera, documentary style
- Edgar WrightHot Fuzz, Baby Driver, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost
- French CinemaFrench New Wave, Godard, auteur, Catherine Deneuve, Playtime
- indie filmindie films, indie film, independent, low budget, independent film
- surrealismdreamscapes, Rene Magritte, Max Ernst, automatic writing, automatism