How to Use jump cut in a Sentence

jump cut

noun

• The film’s most crucial plot point is withheld in the jump cut.
  — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 12 May 2022
• Rayshawn Jenkins look silly with a jump cut that led to an 18-yard gain.
  — Mark Long, Hartford Courant, 23 Oct. 2022
• The Fifth sprawls across three parts and five movements, with numerous jump cuts and sharp turns along the way.
  — Matthew Guerrieri, Washington Post, 21 Feb. 2020
• During the glitchy opening, the sound of static plays over frenzied jump cuts.
  — Caitlin Kelley, Billboard, 25 Oct. 2017
• Raskin had the editor use fast cuts and jump cuts to fit pieces together.
  — Marc Freeman, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Jan. 2018
• The Patriots quarterback forced the first challenger to the ground with a nasty jump cut that left the linebacker flailing.
  — Varun Shankar, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Aug. 2023
• McKissic had two big gains in the third quarter, including one shifty jump cut to get by Tahir Whitehead for an 11-yard run.
  — Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 4 Nov. 2019
• The novel’s jump cuts and syncopated rhythm, borrowed from the cinema and jazz music of the 1920s, mimic the street life of the city.
  — David Blackbourn, Foreign Affairs, 28 Feb. 2019
• Vignette shots, fade-outs, jump cuts, reverse shots — all began as ideas to try out and, if effective, to keep in mind for the next movie.
  — Longreads, 15 May 2018
• The scene is subtly jarring, as jump cuts and close-ups haven't been crucial to the movie's visual grammar up until this point.
  — Ben Sachs, Chicago Reader, 20 Oct. 2017
• Deshaun Fenwick made a nice jump cut for a good gainer during 11-on-11.
  — oregonlive, 19 Aug. 2021
• Laura rebukes her father, says no to the trip 15 times, and then of course Feste jump cuts to a scene of the adamant Laura behind the wheel, accepting the inevitable.
  — Gary Thompson, Philly.com, 4 July 2018
• What could have inspired early film editors to use these jump cuts?
  — Daniel Glaser, A-LIST, 1 July 2018
• Carr used a superb jump cut to slide past a defender and gallop 52 yards for his second touchdown.
  — Zach Helfand, latimes.com, 2 Sep. 2017
• Still, with its jump cuts and whip-pans, the original is decidedly a work of cinema.
  — Christopher Wallenberg, BostonGlobe.com, 5 July 2018
• After a jump cut in the footage, emergency first responders arrive and take the unconscious girl away.
  — Somayeh Malekian, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2023
• So there is less need for all those annoying rapid jump cuts that detracted so much from the choreography in the first season.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 10 Sep. 2018
• The year started with Harris' quick jump cut for a 11-yard touchdown that effectively sealed the win over Florida State.
  — Michael Casagrande, AL.com, 17 Oct. 2017
• You got bombarded a lot over three hours with a very fast moving scenes, a lot of fast moving camera stuff, very loud noises, a loud score, and a lot of visual jump cuts.
  — Michael Calore, WIRED, 20 July 2023
• Add sometimes amaze 'em football, too, given his dazzling jump cuts.
  — Bill Livingston, cleveland.com, 7 Mar. 2018
• Somehow, Billingsley spun out of Burrus' tackle attempt, cut inside, jump cut back outside and down the left sideline and into the end zone.
  — Akeem Glaspie, The Indianapolis Star, 19 Aug. 2023
• Raheim Sanders then made Alabama’s star, Will Anderson, miss with a jump cut and converted a first-down.
  — Nick Alvarez | [e-mail], al, 1 Oct. 2022
• The move that sent Michigan football fans streaming toward the exits was the signature jump cut from tailback Blake Corum.
  — Michael Cohen, Detroit Free Press, 24 Sep. 2022
• Haskins took a handoff out of the pistol formation and made a slight jump cut behind the line of scrimmage before plunging into a sea of bodies.
  — Michael Cohen, Detroit Free Press, 24 Oct. 2021
• Not only are there few jump cuts, but the camera work is also intentionally slow.
  — Jason Zinoman, New York Times, 7 June 2018
• Beck’s early lyrics were seen as a random, ironic reflection of the MTV aesthetic—the jump cuts, the onslaught of arbitrary images.
  — Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, 25 Nov. 2019
• Attempting to run between guard and tackle, Ballage took a handoff from Fitzpatrick and used a jump cut trying to identify a hole.
  — Ellis L. Williams, cleveland, 26 Nov. 2019
• There are snappy black-and-white flashbacks to Bergoglio’s youth in Argentina, and jolting jump cuts to specific memories.
  — David Sims, The Atlantic, 29 Nov. 2019
• With every jump cut out of harm’s way, every highlight-reel catch over a hapless defender, Dobbins looks more and more essential to the Ravens’ offense in 2020 and beyond.
  — Jonas Shaffer, baltimoresun.com, 29 Aug. 2020
• The series delves into Lynchian surrealism and opts for unsettling anguish over jump cuts.
  — Andrew R. Chow, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2018

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