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1The cut is a basic form of continuity editing and can be used in a variety of different ways across all types of media as a way of moving from one scene to another.
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3Compare SceneTransition.
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8* AgeCut: A cut to a character several ages older.
9* AmbulanceCut: A sudden cut to a character in the hospital or on an ambulance to such.
10* AnswerCut: A character asks a question, and the next scene shows the answer.
11* AntiClimaxCut
12* BladeOfGrassCut
13* BodyWipe: Part of someone's body fills the screen and dissolves/cuts to the next scene.
14* ChargeIntoCombatCut
15* ConversationCut
16* CutApart: A cutaway reveals a SwitchingPOV wasn't about the same situation.
17* CutawayGag: A character mentions an unseen past event or a hypothetical situation. After that, a brief scene is shown depicting what the character was talking about.
18* CuttingBackToReality: A hallucination or fantasy is witnessed—only for a cut to reveal what's actually happening.
19* DescriptionCut: A character mentions someone will do something, and the next scene shows them doing the complete opposite.
20* DistantReactionShot
21* ExpositionCut
22* FlashbackCut
23* FuneralCut
24* GilliganCut: A character refuses to do something and the next scene shows them doing exactly what they said they wouldn't do.
25* HardCut
26* IKnowWhatWeCanDoCut
27* IronicEchoCut: Someone addresses a subject, and the scene cuts to someone else addressing the same subject in another manner.
28* JumpCut
29* MatchCut: The scene cuts/dissolves to a similarly displayed lifeform or object.
30* MultiTakeCut: The exact same action filmed from various angles then edited together with Jump Cuts.
31* NextThingTheyKnew
32* ReactionShot: Character says or does something and the camera cuts away to another character to show them react.
33* RelaxOVision: A form of censorship where disturbing scenes are replaced with footage of something more pleasant.
34* RepeatCut: The same action, line, or brief exchange is shown more than once in immediate repetition.
35* SmashCut: An abrupt cut from one scene to the next.
36** SmashToBlack
37* SneezeCut
38* StopTrick
39* SwitchingPOV
40* TwistedEchoCut: The conversation cuts to another just like it, though related to something else.
41* TwoScenesOneDialogue: Cut between two or more characters talking about the same thing.
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