Talk:L cut

Example

One example of an l cut in film would be in The Silence of the Lambs, when Jack Crawford is telling Clarice Starling never to forget what Hannibal Lecter is and Clarice asks "And what is that?" The scene cuts to an establishing shot of the "hospital" where Lecter is being detained, while Dr. Frederick Chilton's voice says "Oh, he's a monster." Dr. Chilton then continues a description of Lecter as the visuals cut to him in a closeup.

I don't think that's an l-cut because it's audio and video both from the new scene, and IIRC it's starting at the same time. I'll watch it again and see; I'm sure there /is/ an l-cut in the film somewhere. If it is an l-cut, then I will restore it and clarify.  :-) --KQ

It's not. there's one later after Clarice is humiliated after interviewing Lecter for the first time; she has a flashback going outside, remembering her father and there is one there. --KQ

That's interesting. I could have sworn there is an L cut just as originally described, but not because I've seen the film, but because I've read the script (which is full of them).

How To Create L Cuts

this section (which currently makes up the bulk of the article) is so badly written, unencyclopedic, inappropriate and biased that it needs a _major_ rewrite. in the hope that this will happen, i'm leaving the text as it is now, but basically it has to go.

Rewrite? It needs to be deleted, as it is not relevant nor necessary. I'll be bold and go ahead and make that "change". --Chromium 22:22, 6 October 2006 (UTC)

Changing major category

Split Editing should be the major category for J cut and L cut. Examples illustrating the „J shape“ and „L shape“ trimming are given in http://pinnaclestudio.helpmax.net/en/video-clips/advanced-timeline-editing/split-editing/. Tags: split edit, J-cut, L-cut. Peterkarl (talk) 13:17, 21 January 2012 (UTC)