Blog Post #2 - Jump Cuts

I wished to find a way to convey the passage of time in my project, without spending all day recording the actual passage of time. I did some digging, and that's when i found the solution, Jump Cuts. A Jump Cut is a sudden cut in the middle of a clip, which creates a lack of consistency by leaving out part of the clip; Essentially taking non-connecting parts of a clip and editing them together to create a sense of leaping through time. 

The usage of Jump Cuts to quickly pass time allows them to be used in many ways. One of these ways is a montage, which is a quick and repeating series of video clips, meant to pass time in a compressed manner, to convey an idea or message. Another usage of Jump Cuts is to convey a disorganized or panicked state of mind. By removing portions from a scene you can insinuate a loss of memory, or even leaving out of details.

The video below had multiple great examples, which helped me to understand the concept of a jump cut , what they can accomplish, and how to use them.


Jump Cuts can also be used to emphasize an object, by working as a zoom, clipping together shots of the camera being closer and closer to an object. This is called an Axial Cut. Below is an example I made, of a zoom-in vs an Axial Cut, on a tape measure. 

    Zoom
Axial Cut


I learned that there are two strategies to achieving the effect of a Jump Cut. One of these is as previously stated, taking out parts from a clip to essentially skip through the clip, creating the effect of skipping through time. The other strategy the video explained, the one more key to my project, is piecing together similar video clips to create that same effect, eliminating the need to record the whole shot at once. Though this makes it more difficult to pull it off, requiring the different shots to be in the same location, be at the same angle, and be the same size, among other things. 

In my project, I feel that I could use this second technique to help with the passing of time, merging together different shots from different times of the day to create a sense of passing time. Specifically, i feel it could help me record the scene in the car. The thing that influenced me to think of this idea, was memories of waking up in the car, having it be a completely different time, and place, all just by sitting there in the car, being along for the journey.


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