# Jump cut

Edit / Transition / Cuts. Checked 2026-11-13.

Takes the dead air out of one take; the speaker sounds quick and unpolished in a way viewers trust.

- Use when: Face cam, between sentences of the same take.
- Phrase: jump cut between sentences of the same take, the framing unchanged, the pause between them removed
- Page: https://directorchair.ai/transition/jump-cut
- JSON: https://directorchair.ai/api/transition/jump-cut.json

## Watch out

- Propose the removals before cutting: pauses longer than 0.35 seconds trimmed to 0.12, filler words and restarted phrases. A false start can be the joke, so a person decides per cut. (practitioner; Director Chair field notes on editing (our editing defaults))
- Pair it with a punch-in on every other segment, for example 1.12 times, when the take is sharp enough to crop. (practitioner; Director Chair field notes on editing)

## Prompts

### Seedance 2.5

```
Scene: [your subject] in [your setting].
Shot 1 (0:00 to 0:05): one continuous shot. Cut: jump cut between sentences of the same take, the framing unchanged, the pause between them removed
```

### Seedance 2.0

```
Scene: [your subject] in [your setting].
Shot 1: one continuous shot. Cut: jump cut between sentences of the same take, the framing unchanged, the pause between them removed
```

### Kling 3.0

```
[your subject]. The scene is [your setting]. Jump cut between sentences of the same take, the framing unchanged, the pause between them removed.
```

### Veo 3.1

```
[your subject] in [your setting]. Jump cut between sentences of the same take, the framing unchanged, the pause between them removed. Framing and subject stay as in the start image.
```

## Goes well with

- Punch-in: https://directorchair.ai/effect/punch-in
- Hard cut: https://directorchair.ai/transition/hard-cut
- Face cam: https://directorchair.ai/format/format-face-cam

## Source

Definition from Director Chair field notes on reading published videos; use from the Director Chair script structure notes

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