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To alternate between scenes from one sequence and scenes from another film sequence, often with the sequences to be perceived as simultaneous.
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intercut — ► VERB (intercutting; past and past part. intercut) ▪ alternate (scenes) with contrasting scenes in a film … English terms dictionary
intercut — [in΄tər kut′] vt., vi. intercut, intercutting Film TV to interrupt (a scene, sequence, etc.) by inserting (a shot, sequence, etc.), sometimes repeatedly … English World dictionary
intercut — UK [ˌɪntə(r)ˈkʌt] / US [ˌɪntərˈkʌt] verb [transitive] Word forms intercut : present tense I/you/we/they intercut he/she/it intercuts present participle intercutting past tense intercut past participle intercut cinema if scenes in a film are… … English dictionary
intercut — [[t]ɪ̱ntə(r)kʌ̱t[/t]] intercuts, intercutting VERB (The form intercut is used in the present tense and is the past tense and past participle.) If a film is intercut with particular images, those images appear regularly throughout the film.… … English dictionary
intercut — in|ter|cut [ˌıntəˈkʌt US ər ] v past tense and past participle intercut present participle intercutting [T usually passive] if a film is intercut with particular pictures, sounds, or music, they appear in different places during the film … Dictionary of contemporary English
intercut — v. /in teuhr kut , in teuhr kut /; n. /in teuhr kut /, v., intercut, intercutting, n. Motion Pictures, Television. v.i. 1. to cut from one type of shot to another, as from a long shot to a closeup. v.t. 2. to insert (shots from other scenes,… … Universalium
intercut — in|ter|cut [ ,ıntər kʌt ] (past tense and past participle in|ter|cut) verb transitive if scenes in a movie are intercut, you see part of one scene first, then part of the other, then the next part of the first scene, and so on, usually to show… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
intercut — verb (intercuts, intercutting; past and past participle intercut) alternate (scenes) with contrasting scenes in a film … English new terms dictionary
intercut shots — usually refers to a series of shots, consisting of two simultaneous events, that are alternated together to create suspense; intercutting can also consist of shots of two people involved in a telephone conversation Example: Speed (1994) the… … Glossary of cinematic terms
intercut — verb Date: 1932 transitive verb 1. to insert (a contrasting camera shot) into a take by cutting 2. to insert a contrasting camera shot into (a take) by cutting intransitive verb to alternate contrasting camera shots by cutting … New Collegiate Dictionary
