Term: Jump Cut

A jump cut is an editing technique in which some frames are taken out of a sequence. This is typically used to draw the audience’s attention to the conventions of filmmaking.

Lunch Date (0:52)

Film:
Breathless, 1960
Director:
Jean-Luc Godard
Source:
2001 Winstar Video
Audio commentary by:
Larry Engel
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- Editing
- Jump Cut
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