cross-cutting

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00:55 Nov 25, 2020
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Art/Literary - Cinema, Film, TV, Drama
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English term or phrase: cross-cutting
Definition from New York Film Academy:
Also known as inter-cutting or parallel editing. The act of alternating two different scenes – usually in different locations – to suggest parallel action.

Example sentence(s):
  • A main theme of cross-cutting, whether macro or micro is that the cross-cut events do eventually meet, whether geographically or just dramatically. Film Editing Pro
  • No scene in The Godfather is more famous, editing-wise, than the baptism scene—the film’s bravura climax. This scene utilizes the editing technique known as cross-cutting, or parallel editing the seventies
  • It also featured multiple camera positions, filming out of sequence and later editing the scenes into their proper order. There were 14 scenes with parallel cross-cutting between simultaneous events in its narrative story with multiple plot lines. filmsite
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5镜头交切
Carolyn Batay 蔡虹虹


  

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镜头交切


Definition from 知乎:
INTERCUT表示某场景的情节在两个不同的地点同时发生,需要进行镜头交切。

Example sentence(s):
  • 镜头交切无需背景介绍,两个场景可以同时进行,节省空间时间,在不同地点来回切换时,不用重写一个场景抬头。 镜头交切可用于任意两个正在进行的场景。最常见的是通话中双方的场景切换。 - SoCreate  
Carolyn Batay 蔡虹虹
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