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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