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jump cut

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A cut in movie editing that represents a momentary omission in a continuous shot, creating an effect of discontinuity or acceleration.

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  • noun A cinematographic edit in which the view of a subject jumps forward in time

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  • noun an immediate transition from one scene to another

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  • whichbe commented on the word jump cut

    A cinematic technique used to disrupt narrative flow by arbitrarily omitting chunks from the middle of long continuous shots to dislocate any sense of progressive action. (From ArtLex)

    June 4, 2008