Posted by Martin Heffels on 11/14/05 19:57

On Thu, 10 Nov 2005 03:23:45 GMT, "AnthonyR" <nomail@nospam.com> wrote:

>Their is no way, an editor would make 3 jump cuts in one scene by mistake
>and no others for the rest of the movie.

Hmm, actually they could make them, to try and prepare chopping up the
material. The next day the director walks in, has a look, the material runs
over the jump-cuts, the editor mumbles "I'm working on this bit,
disregard", the director doesn't hear, and says "wow, that is cool". And
then the jump-cuts stay.

>i know it was intentional to signify removal of time, but other people view
>this as a mistake.

You can use jump-cuts as well to disturb the audience a bit (stir up their
mood), to prepare them for the next action.

If you get the chance, have a look at "San tiao ren". It contains some
interesting experimental stuff with speed-ramps on-the-fly, jerky cam, and
jump-cuts. But it all works.

cheers

-martin-
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