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intercut Definition

inter·cut (in′tər kut)

transitive verb, intransitive verb -·cut, -·cut·ting

Film, TV to interrupt (a scene, sequence, etc.) by inserting (a shot, sequence, etc.), sometimes repeatedly

intercut Usage Examples

Object

  • pit: Here a series of intercutting pits were exposed with some fills surviving to just below the modern floor foundations.
  • footage: Film overlays, back projections, sound intercuts, TV footage on a huge monitor.
  • shot: A bridging, intercut shot between two shots of the same subject.
  • scene: It is also a homage to Citizen Kane, with a newsreel obituary opening and intercut scenes of journalists discussing the man's legacy.
  • sequence: And the final twenty minutes is a headlong adrenalin rush, frantically intercutting four separate battle sequences and never dropping the ball once.

Preposition: with

  • footage: Here we get to see some of the deleted or extended scenes from the movie intercut with footage from the videotape.
  • shot: We see his phone call, intercut with shots of the waste ground in question.
  • interview: Excellent on-set footage is intercut with interviews with stars, crew, producers and patients of the facility where the film was shot.
  • flashback: The story opens fast and keeps up a good pace in spite of being intercut with flashbacks.
  • story: I decided that the film would be her story intercut with the story of a traveling cinema tour.

Modifying Another Word

  • seamlessly: It was recorded onto color intermediate film that intercuts seamlessly with the live-action footage.
  • constantly: This narrative is constantly intercut with the second story, which is told in shorter sections.