Jump Cut: My Example

I’ve made three different short films that show the effect of jump cut. My first example of jump cut portrays the theme of anger. In the clip two characters have a fist fight, the scene is cut to a fast rhythm to show the anger shown by the characters. The camera moves around the characters as they fight, i wanted to show when the one character was overpowering the other, but resulting to wide angle shots to prove that the two characters mostly have the same strength.

The second film that involves the jump cut technique portrays the theme of confusion. In the clip the character is lost around a college and cant find where he is meant to be. The jump cut gives the effect of leaping in time as the character move around the camera changes positions to wide angles and close ups, doing this technique and by slowing down the clips, the audience can feel and understand the emotion of confusion that the character is feeling.

In my third clip, that has the jump cut technique, i’ve tried to show the theme of panic. In the clip the character has lost and goes looking for his wallet. During the scene the characters walks around looking for his wallet and keeps switching between a close up of him searching in his pocket for the wallet, by doing this the audience know that the character has been searching for his money for a while, as the use of jump cut helps to leap through time.