she somewhat
distractedly
experienced
a jump cut
in their
lovemaking
and sighed
yet again
P sighing
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From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Robin Hamilton
Sent: 30 April 2010 13:59
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Subject: Re: Adventurous rejected: Magma Blog
Thanks, Jeffrey -- this was what I was looking to be given, and I'll follow
it up. (Though having already come on the Wiki entry, which carries,
unusually for Wiki, a health warning, I do hope your other sources are a
little more substantial.)
{Oh, incidentally, just looking quickly at what you've given me, it appears
as if the citations reflect a transition from an historical period when a
jump cut (perhaps on the analogy of how the term was used in forestry)
referred to a literal cutting-and-splicing of a physical piece of film, to a
later stage, as of today and certainly relatively recently, when film
editing suites moved away from processing physical strips of film.
Your last two citations certainly seem to suggest that they're referring to
physical film. I must say I'm a little surprised that a that this should
still be the case in the contemporary technical cinematographical use of the
term. Shame you didn't provide the dates of when these were uttered. On
the other hand, what's more probable is that "jump cut" is being used in
(at least) two ways, to refer (narrowly) to discontinuity created by the
editing of an originally continuous "film" (whether physical or other), and
(by extension) discontinuity which results from the juxtaposition of
different shots. I was already thinking in that direction, so your
examples, if nothing else, suggest that I'm on the right track.}
But this:
<<
Here are some citations. All agree, that the cut is used as an abrupt break
in a continuous action, rather than to jump from historical period to
another:
>>
Gagh!!! When did I *ever say anything remotely comparable to the idea that
a jump cut transitions *from [one] historical period to another*? That
sounds to me more like magic realism than Shakespeare.
We seem to be acting out, if not a discontinuity in narrative, at the very
least a substantial discontinuity in communication.
Robin
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A jump cut is a cut in film editing in which two sequential shots of the
same subject are taken from camera positions that vary only slightly. ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jump_cut
A cut which breaks the continuity of time by jumping forward from one part
of an action to another.
www.zerocut.com/tech/film_terms.html
An instantaneous transition between two scenes that have identical subjects
in slightly different screen locations, which makes the subject appear to
jump within the screen. A cutaway shot remedies the distracting jump
appearance.
www.digitalpostproduction.com/Htm/Features/DigitalVideoGlossary.htm
A cut made in the middle of a continuous shot rather than between shots,
creating discontinuity in time and drawing attention to the film itself
instead of its content.
www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0775970.html
A break or cut in a shot's temporal continuity, caused by removing a section
of a shot and then splicing together what remains of it. On screen the
result is abrupt and jerky; in certain films it is deliberate. ...
spot.pcc.edu/~mdembrow/glossary.htm
if a section is taken out of the middle of a shot, and the film respliced
across the gap, a jump cut is said to result, since there is a jump in ...
yorty.sonoma.edu/filmfrog/archive/silents-film%20terms.html
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