Intercut
(verb)
- To insert (one shot or scene) into another shot or scene.
- To alternate (two or more shots or scenes) in a film or video.
Origin:
From latin inter- ("between") + cut.
Examples:
- The film intercuts between present day and flashbacks.
- The director intercut the footage of the car chase with shots of the driver's face.
- Intercutting between different perspectives helps to build suspense in the story.
- Intercutting different shots helps to create a sense of continuity in the film.
- Intercutting between different locations helps to establish the geography of the story.