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Often, the sound from the scene following the cut precedes the cut itself. There must be a name for this technique and a reason for it-- anyone know?
by regehr 12y ago
Often, the sound from the scene following the cut precedes the cut itself. There must be a name for this technique and a reason for it-- anyone know?
- xtagon 12y agoIt's called a J-cut: http://movies.stackexchange.com/questions/18690/sound-of-a-next-scene-starts-one-moment-earlier-than-video http://movies.stackexchange.com/questions/18690/sound-of-a-n...
- BFay 12y agoCool, I never knew there was a name for that. Watching lost, I would always know a flashback was coming up when I started to hear the ambient noise of the next scene. (Or maybe there was a special flashback sound effect? Some kind of swoosh? Having trouble remembering...)
- danielweber 12y agoThere was a definite rumble for flashbacks. Kind of like a muffled jet engine (perhaps exactly that on purpose).
- anigbrowl 12y agoHaving the sound precede the visual is called a J cut; having the sound (from the previous scene) follow the visual change is called an L cut. This is from the visual appearance of the editing software, where video is in the top half of the sequence editor and audio in the bottom. The shape of the protruding audio clip relative to the vertical video cut loosely resembles the letters J and L.
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- MAGZine 12y agoThe technique when talking about screenwriting or film analysis is a prelap. It's the opposite of a bridge, in which the sound from a previous scene carries into the next. Ostensibly, this is a reflexive design element, though these things can have sublte connotative/implied ideas. Sometimes the prelab audio matches both pre- and post-cut scenes, and help you to think about the content in a different way. Or, it may just be an interesting way to cut your content. :-)