- Intercut
- PPA technique where the editor cuts back and forth between two separate scenes as they play out. This is commonly used to give the impression that the actions are occurring simultaneously.
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Intercut
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intercut — ► VERB (intercutting; past and past part. intercut) ▪ alternate (scenes) with contrasting scenes in a film … English terms dictionary
intercut — [in΄tər kut′] vt., vi. intercut, intercutting Film TV to interrupt (a scene, sequence, etc.) by inserting (a shot, sequence, etc.), sometimes repeatedly … English World dictionary
intercut — UK [ˌɪntə(r)ˈkʌt] / US [ˌɪntərˈkʌt] verb [transitive] Word forms intercut : present tense I/you/we/they intercut he/she/it intercuts present participle intercutting past tense intercut past participle intercut cinema if scenes in a film are… … English dictionary
intercut — [[t]ɪ̱ntə(r)kʌ̱t[/t]] intercuts, intercutting VERB (The form intercut is used in the present tense and is the past tense and past participle.) If a film is intercut with particular images, those images appear regularly throughout the film.… … English dictionary
intercut — in|ter|cut [ˌıntəˈkʌt US ər ] v past tense and past participle intercut present participle intercutting [T usually passive] if a film is intercut with particular pictures, sounds, or music, they appear in different places during the film … Dictionary of contemporary English
intercut — v. /in teuhr kut , in teuhr kut /; n. /in teuhr kut /, v., intercut, intercutting, n. Motion Pictures, Television. v.i. 1. to cut from one type of shot to another, as from a long shot to a closeup. v.t. 2. to insert (shots from other scenes,… … Universalium
intercut — in|ter|cut [ ,ıntər kʌt ] (past tense and past participle in|ter|cut) verb transitive if scenes in a movie are intercut, you see part of one scene first, then part of the other, then the next part of the first scene, and so on, usually to show… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
intercut — verb (intercuts, intercutting; past and past participle intercut) alternate (scenes) with contrasting scenes in a film … English new terms dictionary
intercut shots — usually refers to a series of shots, consisting of two simultaneous events, that are alternated together to create suspense; intercutting can also consist of shots of two people involved in a telephone conversation Example: Speed (1994) the… … Glossary of cinematic terms
intercut — verb Date: 1932 transitive verb 1. to insert (a contrasting camera shot) into a take by cutting 2. to insert a contrasting camera shot into (a take) by cutting intransitive verb to alternate contrasting camera shots by cutting … New Collegiate Dictionary
intercut — verb To alternate between scenes from one sequence and scenes from another film sequence, often with the sequences to be perceived as simultaneous … Wiktionary
