Jump Cut

A Jump Cut refers to a film section, which breaks the classical continuity rules and attracts attention with which it can be irritating for the viewer. "Jump Cuts " can occur in different ways, but all have the consequence that the picture transitions can be perceived as "jump":

• Visual differences connection / port on interface motion transition (eg, the posture of a figure varies suddenly )
• Disregard of spatial connections (the figure "jumps" and suddenly finds himself at another point in space). This may be an intentional omission in chronological storyline.
• The combination of similar setting sizes with the same camera position (breaking the so-called "30- degree rule .")

Whether the designation Jump Cut is reserved only for the intentional violation of section conventions or also applies to accidental connection error to go about the opinions in the literature apart: in his property lexicon film asserts Rainer Rother, that accidental connection errors were not meant, Ira Konigsberg said, however,, the term designates both intentional and unintentional image jumps.

Jean -Luc Godard invented the jump cut, since the first version of his hit film Breathless (France 1960) was much too long. The Jump Cut is now a common cinematic means, for example, in Lars von Trier and Steven Soderbergh. Even Gollum's monologue with its reflection on the water in the film adaptation of The Lord of the Rings is staged for example as Jump Cut.

In continuity editing of the classical Hollywood cinema, this technique was rarely used. A similar technique as the "Jump Cut" developed in the 1960s, the American multimedia artist Andy Warhol in his experimental films with the strobe cut.

Related to the " Jump Cut " is the time-lapse, also called "stop trick." Example: A person is shown in a department store as she tried on many different dresses. The setting is always the same, only the clothes of the person change from cut to cut. By this method, the viewer notices that time goes by.

Especially popular this cutting technique is in music videos for cutting movements to match the beat of the music.

Another special cut version is the match cut.