~ Jump Cutting ~

Moving on to talk about jump cutting 

         Jump cut is a technique that is used between two shots that look like they are jumping from one to the other, due to both shots framing being very similar to each other. Jump cuts are caused by framing to be quite similar in both shots. Jumping quickly to the next shot that is similar to what was happening in the first shot, but has either moved forward or backwards or is more zoomed in compared to the first shot before jump cutting to the second. They are two sequential shots that are taken from the same camera positions, but are only off from each other slightly. It gives the manipulation of going forward in time, jumping from one shot to the next shot which is the same only slightly. It gives an illusion to the audience that time has passed in the film. Jump cuts draw attention to the nature and appeal of the film. Jump cuts are mostly used in title sequences of a film, used to speed up the process of showing the crew, director or actors name at the beginning. Jump cutting helps to speed up the process of showing the team's name who worked on the movie, so the movie can start without the title sequence taking too much time.

   The history of jump cuts; the first film maker to discover and fully master jump cuts was George Melies. George discovered it accidentally, he used two shots similar and put them together by a mistake, but George soon released that his mistake did not look like one. George firstly tried to make this cut look seamless, look almost invisible to compliment his illusions. One of the first film to be completely made up of  jump cuts is Dziga Vertof's  Russian film; Man With A Movie Camera; released in 1929. Here is a short clip from the film, the clip shows the heavy use of jump cuts. Giving it a sort of  flashy cut effect to the film. Which would engage the viewer to keep watching, interested in the effect which would persuade the viewer to keep watching, due to the fast pace of the jump cuts. Showing the camera from slightly different angles, giving it a quick effect of using slightly different shots but seeing the camera in different ways.

 

        The purpose of a jump cut is to give pace to a film. Its to help the film go at a steady or fast pace, considering how quick you use the jump cuts. Its to help the  film go forward in time, but only slightly. Helping the films narrative go smoothly and help it along. Helping the audience understand the narrative at a steady pace using jump cuts to slightly move the process along. That also comes under storytelling, helping to tell a story not at a slow pace by using jump cuts to forward in time any shots in the film that may be lacking in time, or may need to be sped up. Also it's to engage the viewer by using fast jump cuts to keep the audience on their toes and enjoy the fast cuts to keep the audience engaged in case they missed any details from the fast jump cuts. 

    Another example is this music video by Assassin called voices; released in 2007. Even though it is not from a film, this music video uses jump cuts perfectly. When one of the band members is playing the drums, jump cuts are used on the music, on time when he is playing the drums. A jump cut is used in time with the music to emphasise the bass section or drums section. To make the audience engaged on this part, by using jump cuts, jumping from one similar shot to the next, on the music to entertain the audience. Keeping them entertained and engaged on him playing the drums as shots are jumping from each other to speed up the process of him playing the drums. Which will get the audience to listen carefully to the bass part also.