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🎬 To mix scenes ✂️ To cut patterns
to intercut

to intercut

8 7.7
To insert scenes like interviews or real footage between shots to show different times
  • verb
  • /ˈɪntərˌkʌt/
  • Jargon
translation icon : intercalar
  • In the documentary, the filmmaker decided to intercut personal interviews with historical footage to create a powerful narrative.
  • intercut with shots
  • intercut with footage
  • intercut their conversation

So I have commentary and then I have, I'm going to intercut my commentary with six little clips.

Examples

  • So I have commentary and then I have, I'm going to intercut my commentary with six little clips.

    Harvard University

  • Not unless I change the shot; do a cutaway of Cora or something and intercut the takes.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • We were gonna intercut between us talking about it and them doing it.

    The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse (2005)

  • As Joey tells his story, we intercut between the POV of the roof and the girls at the window. # JOEY #

    Fiction book (1992)

  • The scene intercuts between the two men. # JACOB #

    Fiction book (1990)

  • As Kirsty speaks, INTERCUT between Joey and the monitors.

    Fiction book (1992)

  • The scene that follows intercuts a normal format with cinéma vérité style shot through the video camera.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • INTERCUT WITH SHOTS of Pauline and Juliet intertwined with Orson and Diello.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • The director chose to intercut scenes of the wedding ceremony with the reception to enhance the storytelling.

  • During the film, they intercut action sequences with comedic moments to maintain a lighthearted tone.

Synonyms

crosscutting
vsto intercut
  • Specialized
1 6.5

An editing method in film or television that alternates between scenes to show events happening at the same time

is more general, inserting various elements within a sequence rather than only switching scenes
to interleave
vsto intercut
1 7.5

To put pages or data between other pages to organize them

relates to film or video editing, alternating visual shots rather than organizing physical items
to crosscut
vsto intercut
  • Specialized
6.8

To edit by cutting between two scenes to show events at the same time

is broader, inserting different shots or elements inside a sequence not only alternating scenes

How Alternating

to montage
  • Specialized
1 5.8
to crosscut
  • Specialized
6.8
to intercut
  • Jargon
8 7.7
to cut back
  • Jargon
5 5.5
to cut to
  • Jargon
88 5.1

Surface Forms

intercut infinitive
intercut past
intercut past participle
intercutting present participle
intercuts third person singular

Morphology

intercut = cut (transparent) = inter + cut

The verb is formed by the productive prefix 'inter-' meaning between/reciprocal plus the verb 'cut', yielding the predictable sense of alternating or cutting between elements.

Etymology

Intercut comes from the parts inter- meaning 'between' and cut, so it images 'cutting between' things. Think of a film editor who cuts back and forth between two scenes; that's why to intercut is to alternate or insert different shots in a sequence.