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It might just work on TV or film, where jump-cuts and montage can get you from one scene to another.
The Witty Bits of a Play Paul Levy 2011
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Think of Belmondo aping Bogart with his cigarette, Seberg flacking the New York Herald Tribune, or the director's game-changing jump-cuts, and you realize that various elements of the film have never gone out of style.
Out of Breath 2010
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The jump-cuts in the commercials alone leave me agitated.
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There are no sonic rushes, no quick, vocal jump-cuts.
OpEdNews - Quicklink: Why ancient wisdom matters in the modern world by Richard Handler 2009
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There are no sonic rushes, no quick, vocal jump-cuts.
OpEdNews - Quicklink: Why ancient wisdom matters in the modern world by Richard Handler 2009
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Boorman throws in enough flashbacks, jump-cuts and narrative leaps to muddy the issue.
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Second, you have to lighten the load with a lot of literary inventiveness -- diverse voices, jump-cuts, snippets from popular songs, etc.
Good God? 2008
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Then suddenly he is awakened and jump-cuts to the fantasy, as if he was snapped out of hypnosis.
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This was the last image before I died, the last memory of that old life: a blinding radiance before it jump-cuts to black.
The Beautiful Miscellaneous Dominic Smith 2007
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This was the last image before I died, the last memory of that old life: a blinding radiance before it jump-cuts to black.
The Beautiful Miscellaneous Dominic Smith 2007
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