How to Use jump cut in a Sentence
jump cut
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The film’s most crucial plot point is withheld in the jump cut.
—Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 12 May 2022
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Rayshawn Jenkins look silly with a jump cut that led to an 18-yard gain.
—Mark Long, Hartford Courant, 23 Oct. 2022
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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
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During the glitchy opening, the sound of static plays over frenzied jump cuts.
—Caitlin Kelley, Billboard, 25 Oct. 2017
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Raskin had the editor use fast cuts and jump cuts to fit pieces together.
—Marc Freeman, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Jan. 2018
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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
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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
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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
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Deshaun Fenwick made a nice jump cut for a good gainer during 11-on-11.
—oregonlive, 19 Aug. 2021
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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
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What could have inspired early film editors to use these jump cuts?
—Daniel Glaser, A-LIST, 1 July 2018
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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
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Still, with its jump cuts and whip-pans, the original is decidedly a work of cinema.
—Christopher Wallenberg, BostonGlobe.com, 5 July 2018
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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
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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
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Add sometimes amaze 'em football, too, given his dazzling jump cuts.
—Bill Livingston, cleveland.com, 7 Mar. 2018
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Raheim Sanders then made Alabama’s star, Will Anderson, miss with a jump cut and converted a first-down.
—Nick Alvarez | Nalvarez@al.com, al, 1 Oct. 2022
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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
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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
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Not only are there few jump cuts, but the camera work is also intentionally slow.
—Jason Zinoman, New York Times, 7 June 2018
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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Sedgewick has a knack for the sparkling digression and arresting jump cut, hopping back and forth between El Salvador and the wider world, where coffee was being consumed in ever-increasing quantities.
—Michael Pollan, The Atlantic, 6 Apr. 2020
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And his directorial style — which favors long shots and camera movement over jump cuts — gets under your skin far more effectively than horror films that go in for more frenetic editing.
—Todd Vanderwerff, Vox, 14 June 2018
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The German-language video opens on a woman rifling through letters and personal memorabilia, and the sound of shuffling papers feels frenetic given how closely the jump cuts are spliced together.
—Caitlin Kelley, Billboard, 12 Oct. 2017
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Artful jump cuts can illuminate all kinds of interesting associations between images.
—Niela Orr, New York Times, 6 July 2023
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