Meaning of flash cut | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A change made to a complex system with immediate effect, one made without a phase-in period.
2. A quick move from the weak side toward the ball.
3. An fast cut, often as short as one frame, used to create a subliminal effect on the viewer.

Examples

“Be in a strong, balanced stance and ready to withstand any contact that may take place as you stop the flash cut.”

“If the opponent's post players have an advantage in size and strength, the flash cut will not be as effective because the defender can step in front of the cut and use and arm bar to prevent it from being executed.”

“When the defenders switch, the screener is open (option b) on the inside flash cut (slip) to the ball.”

“Peter Weir's The Cars That Ate Paris (1974), for example, begins with two brothers driving through the small town of Paris, Australia, only to suddenly encounter — via flash cut — a blinding white light in the road.”

“Essential in music videos and common in flashbacks and dream sequences, the flash cut flickers many images across the screen over a period of a second or two. The effect passes quickly, but creates a visually intense moment.”

“There is a flash cut, and suddenly he is in alien gear instead, inside the alien Sarcophagus. This is a visual attempt on the part of the production team to suggest that the energy wraith from a distant world is re-shaping existence and reality on the Liberator.”

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