intercut

American  

[in-ter-kuht, in-ter-kuht, in-ter-kuht] / ˌɪn tərˈkʌt, ˈɪn tərˌkʌt, ˈɪn tərˌkʌt /

verb (used without object)

intercut, intercutting

1. to cut from one type of shot to another, as from a long shot to a closeup.

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verb (used with object)

intercut, intercutting

1. to insert (shots from other scenes, flashbacks, etc.) into the narrative of a film.

2. to interrupt the narrative of (a film) with shots from other scenes, flashbacks, etc.

noun

1. a film sequence or scene produced by intercutting.

intercut British  

/ ˌɪntəˈkʌt /

verb

1. films another word for crosscut

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Etymology

Origin of intercut

First recorded in 1605–15; inter- + cut

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

intercut intercutting

The way the lake looks and sounds, the movements of mundane morning tasks, are intercut with memories that eventually expose the roots and depths of Anne’s and Frankie’s predicaments.

From Seattle Times ● May 6, 2024

The intercut 2044 section depicts a scary world controlled by AI.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2024

But intercut with the weightier wartime scenes, this strand comes across as slight and, unlike Winton, self-congratulatory.

From New York Times ● Mar. 14, 2024

That’s how the whole movie proceeds—shots of New York exteriors intercut with conversational snippets from a seemingly random, middle-aged New Yorker.

From Slate ● Aug. 27, 2023

The footage is intercut with short studio clips of Gale, Boggs, and Cressida describing the incident.

From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins

“We focused on keeping the camera moving and making the scenes blend together. In the intercutting of scenes, we were looking for outpoints and inpoints where they would seamlessly blend as graphically as possible.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 20, 2022

With knowledge of past events through the intercutting of scenes, these meanings become touched with the sacred grief of all that one has loved and lost, yet also soothed by the consolation that remembrance brings.

From The Verge ● Mar. 25, 2022

Clarke tells the story crisply, intercutting the narratives, hopscotching timelines and deftly intermingling archival footage with insightful contemporary interviews.

From New York Times ● Oct. 25, 2021

The intercutting isn’t the trick here—the trick is writing text that makes perfect sense whether you read it as a standalone pirate comic, a standalone newsvendor’s monologue, or a dialogue between the two.

From Slate ● Dec. 2, 2019

“Stay in the same low angle of him, intercutting with the key,” Haynes said.

From The New Yorker ● Nov. 4, 2019