# What is this film technique? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 2, 2017, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-film-technique/800518 "2017-11-02T17:35:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brown_eyed_girl/32/3574_2.png) [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brown_Eyed_Girl)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2017, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-film-technique/800518/1 "2017-11-02T17:35:02Z")
My spouse wants to know if there is a name for a film technique he days is used in Simon Pegg’s Cornetto films. He describes it as a series of quick clips that show a process, like loading a gun or making coffee. I have only passing interest in the movies so I can’t provide a link to the example but I’m girl certain I’ve seen it. Sent from my SM-G955U using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2017, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-film-technique/800518/2 "2017-11-02T17:37:10Z")
Montage? ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2017, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-film-technique/800518/3 "2017-11-02T17:38:13Z")
[Montage.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montage_(filmmaking)) ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2017, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-film-technique/800518/4 "2017-11-02T17:38:42Z")
Wikipedia says [Fast cutting](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fast_cutting) An example [Shaun of the Dead - Quick Cuts - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YY6mymW4oA) ---
**Author:** ![lisiate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f05b48/32.png) [@lisiate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisiate)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2017, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-film-technique/800518/5 "2017-11-03T01:33:13Z")
An analysis of [Edgar Wright’s visual](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FOzD4Sfgag)comedy. ---
**Author:** ![Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brown_eyed_girl/32/3574_2.png) [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brown_Eyed_Girl)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2017, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-film-technique/800518/6 "2017-11-03T06:11:58Z")
Thanks. Very illuminating. I’m going to have to have another look at Edgar Wright movies. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2017, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-film-technique/800518/7 "2017-11-03T06:41:33Z")
Some of the best camera work ever done was in Army of Darkness. [Fast cut scene](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtyU2PJCk7Y) ---
**Author:** ![jerez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c68b51/32.png) [@jerez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jerez)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2017, 8:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-film-technique/800518/8 "2017-11-03T08:53:46Z")
The films “Snatch” and “Requiem for a Dream,” also. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2017, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-film-technique/800518/9 "2017-11-03T08:58:10Z")
> [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](#): > > Thanks. Very illuminating. I’m going to have to have another look at Edgar Wright movies. Dig up and watch all 15 episodes of spaced. Seriously the funniest series ever. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2017, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-film-technique/800518/10 "2017-11-03T09:27:28Z")
> [@Brown\_Eyed\_Girl](#): > > Thanks. Very illuminating. I’m going to have to have another look at Edgar Wright movies. It is one of his signatures. Also, in the Cornetto films, they’re usually accompanied with foreshadowing that describes what’s about to happen, only it’s cleverly hidden in what sounds like normal dialogue. ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2017, 9:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-film-technique/800518/11 "2017-11-03T09:30:54Z")
> [@Icarus](#): > > Wikipedia says [Fast cutting](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fast_cutting) > > An example [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YY6mymW4oA](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YY6mymW4oA) I was going to offer “snap-cutting” but I may have just made that up.