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Editing
> Jump Cuts
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Jump cut: Notice how he "jumps"
at the point of the edit. It's a BAD
thing! (No sound)
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A
"jump cut" is a BAD thing you you want
to avoid.
A
jump cut occurs when you edit together two shots that
are very similar. In the example at the right, you see
two shots of a man talking. The shots are so similar
that the man seems to "jump." It's an abrupt
edit.
There
are two solutions.
1) One option would be to replace one of the shots with
a much closer or wider shot of the man.
But
what if your need to have those two shots together?
A common example would be two sections of an interview
that you want back-to-back.
2)
The second solution involves leaving the jump cut in
place and "covering" one of the shots with
something different. This is why you always see TV news
reporters nodding during stories. It's not so much that
they want their face on TV; it's more that they need
something to cover a jump cut.
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