jump cut
noun
: a sudden often jarring cut from one shot or scene to another without intervening devices (such as fade-outs)
broadly
: an abrupt transition (as in a narrative)
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Dream sequences and fantasies, a talking thousand-dollar bill, and a series of jump cuts of pushy patrons in a diner echo a collective, endemic madness.
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Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 14 Feb. 2025
Angela works at a strip club where women’s clothes come off not through dances but via jump cuts; their faces are expressionless and their bodies immobile, as if they’ve been reduced to deadpan pin-up poses.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 7 Feb. 2025
His jump cuts are unbelievable, but that’s only part of what makes Philadelphia’s running game special.
—Mike Preston, Orlando Sentinel, 30 Jan. 2025
Breathless Photo: Films Around the World Year: 1960 Run Time: 87 minutes
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Everything about Breathless is abrupt: Jean-Luc Godard’s French New Wave trailblazer brought short shots, jump cuts, and short hair into fashion (at least for Jean Seberg).
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2025
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Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 14 Feb. 2025
Angela works at a strip club where women’s clothes come off not through dances but via jump cuts; their faces are expressionless and their bodies immobile, as if they’ve been reduced to deadpan pin-up poses.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 7 Feb. 2025
His jump cuts are unbelievable, but that’s only part of what makes Philadelphia’s running game special.
—Mike Preston, Orlando Sentinel, 30 Jan. 2025
Breathless Photo: Films Around the World Year: 1960 Run Time: 87 minutes
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Everything about Breathless is abrupt: Jean-Luc Godard’s French New Wave trailblazer brought short shots, jump cuts, and short hair into fashion (at least for Jean Seberg).
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 8 Jan. 2025
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“Jump cut.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jump%20cut. Accessed 23 Feb. 2025.
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