jump cut

See also: jumpcut and jump-cut

English

jump cut (plural jump cuts)

(film) A cinematographic edit in which a single continuous sequential shot of a subject is broken into two parts, with a piece of footage being removed in order to render the effect of jumping forward in time.
- 2002, Michael Wohl, Editing Techniques with Final Cut Pro, Peachpit Press, →ISBN, page 57:
  Jump cuts used to be considered unacceptable mistakes. Jean-Luc Godard's Breathless (1960) was the first time jumpcutting was used extensively in a narrative film.

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

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