What Is a Jump Cut

question 16

Multiple Choice

What is a jump cut?

• A) a cut between two similar shapes
• B) a cut joining two actions into one flowing movement
• C) a cut matching the eyelines of two different characters
• D) a cut paralleling simultaneous occurrences taking place in two different locations
• E) a cut creating a disorienting ellipsis between two shots caused by the absence of a portion of film that would have provided continuity

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Definitions:

Lifespan

The average period that a living being or organism is expected to live.

Pathologization

The process of treating or characterizing behaviors, beliefs, or conditions as indicative of a disease or disorder.

Medicalization

The process by which human conditions and behaviors are treated as medical issues, often leading to being addressed with medical interventions.

Normalization

The process of making something normal or standard, typically referring to the process of making specific values, behaviors, or societal conditions accepted as norms.