Swiftly cutting backwards and forwards between more than one scene.
the alternating of shots between two or more scenes usually in different locations, thereby suggesting that they are taking place at the same time. Cross-cutting is a key to building tension in chase scenes by switching back and forth between the pursuer and the pursued. Cross-cutting was employed in film-making as early as Porter's The Great Train Robbery (1903) and D. W. Griffith's The Birth of a Nation (1915) and Intolerance (1916).
A method of editing in which the point of view (p.o.v.) switches alternately from events at one location to those of another related action. The action is ususlly simultaneous and used to create a dynamic tension as in the chase scene in D.W. Griffith's A Girl and Her Trust. (See Intercutting for the distinction between cuts.)
Jumping back and forth between two or more locations, inviting us to find a relationship between two or more events.
Also known as parallel editing. Alternation between two or more different scenes which are (usually) developed simultaneously.
Cutting back and forth between two or more events or actions that are taking place at the same time but in different places. Cross-cutting is used to build suspense or to show how different pieces of the action are related.
One geological feature that cuts across an earlier one, and can be used to establish relative dates, eg an igneous dyke cutting through older sedimentary rocks.
Generally, cross-cutting is meant to suggest that actions are occurring at the same time. However, it can also be used to gain a deeper significance between two or more events that do not necessarily occur simultaneously. For instance, in D.W.