Types of Cuts
Jump Cut A cut that creates a lack of continuity by leaving out parts of the action. or an abrupt transition from one scene to another .
Jump Cut A cut that creates a lack of continuity by leaving out parts of the action. or an abrupt transition from one scene to another .
The jump cut is a technique which allows the editor to jump forward in time. We see an early version of this technique in Eisenstein‘s Battleship Potemkin, where the battleship fires a mortar round and we watch the destruction as various angles jump cut from one to another. In this very early version of the jump cut, contemporary audiences were introduced to a new way of time passage in film. It obviously gained traction and is one of the most used types of cuts today next to the hard cut.