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00:55 Jan 6, 2021
English to German translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Cinema, Film, TV, Drama
Additional field(s): Cinema, Film, TV, Drama, Media / Multimedia, Photography/Imaging (& Graphic Arts)
English term or phrase: smash cut
Definition from New York Film Academy:
An abrupt cut from one scene to another without a smooth transition.

Example sentence(s):
  • The impact of a smash cut is strengthened when it juxtaposes two scenes with wildly different tones. For instance, horror films often use the jarring nature of a smash cut to transition from a gruesome in-progress murder scene to a happy or peaceful moment. MasterClass
  • If you’ve got a loud scene that immediately goes to a quiet scene or vice versa, this is where you’d use the smash cut. You want to use it when you’re transitioning between two completely different scenes, emotions, or narratives and you need to make an abrupt transition. Pond5 blog
  • Suddenly, there is a visual and an audio smash cut to introduce Samuel L. Jackson’s character: the visual smash cut is created by going from the girl dancing, with music background, to a close up of a clock. Introduction to Film & Media Studies
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5Harter Schnitt
Maria Heffernan


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Harter Schnitt


Definition from An online document about "Filmschnitt" :
"Harter Schnitt" bedeutet, dass zwischen zwei aufeinander folgenden Bildern keine direkte Verbindung besteht (örtlicher oder zeitlicher Wechsel), denn auch nicht überblendete Schnitte können beispielsweise durch Bewegungsanschluss oder Tonüberlappungen "weich" bzw. nicht bewusst wahrnehmbar werden.

Example sentence(s):
  • This is a youtube video that shows what a "Harter Schnitt" is. - youtube  
  • Im Hollywood-Kino ist meist der „weiche Schnitt“ (die „unsichtbare Montage“) angestrebt worden; in anderen kinematographischen Programmen ist dagegen das „harte“ Nebeneinander der Bilder Mittel des Erzählens. - university paper  
  • In Sequoia besteht zusätzlich die Möglichkeit, mehrere Videos hintereinander in die gleiche Spur zu laden und harte Schnitte im Video durchzuführen. samplitude.com Sequoia also possesses the option of loading multiple videos sequentially on the same track and also to make hard cuts in the video. - Linguee  
Maria Heffernan
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