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Can happen in live studio settings, when two cameras are focused on the same person or object. Switching directly from one to the other creates a jump cut.
In an interview, a single lengthy response must often be time compressed. Since the interview subject is often held in a single long shot, the cut must be covered. This can be done by cutting in illustrative footage (called [[B
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Note the scarcity of examples. Jump cuts are considered distracting by most directors and [[Continuity Editing|avoided by most Hollywood editors]]. Inadvertent examples can often be found in the atrocious B movies picked-apart by [[Mystery Science Theater 3000]], as indicated above.
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