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12 Jan 2015
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Question about English (US)
What does "cut to" in the middle paragraph mean?
[Sheldon's bedroom]
(Sheldon wakes up and coughs. Picks up an electronic thermometer and takes his temperature)
Sheldon: Oh, dear God. (Shouting) Leonard! Leonard, I'm sick!
Cut to Leonard entering living room in panic, stumbling and trying to put on a pair of trousers.
Sheldon: (voice off) Leonard! Leonard I'm sick!
Leonard grabs jacket and leaves through front door.
Sheldon: (entering, wrapped in duvet) Leonard! Leonard! Leonard. Leonard, my comforter fell down, and my sinuses hurt when I bend over. Leonard? (Bends to get phone) Ow!
What does "cut to" in the middle paragraph mean?
[Sheldon's bedroom]
(Sheldon wakes up and coughs. Picks up an electronic thermometer and takes his temperature)
Sheldon: Oh, dear God. (Shouting) Leonard! Leonard, I'm sick!
Cut to Leonard entering living room in panic, stumbling and trying to put on a pair of trousers.
Sheldon: (voice off) Leonard! Leonard I'm sick!
Leonard grabs jacket and leaves through front door.
Sheldon: (entering, wrapped in duvet) Leonard! Leonard! Leonard. Leonard, my comforter fell down, and my sinuses hurt when I bend over. Leonard? (Bends to get phone) Ow!
[Sheldon's bedroom]
(Sheldon wakes up and coughs. Picks up an electronic thermometer and takes his temperature)
Sheldon: Oh, dear God. (Shouting) Leonard! Leonard, I'm sick!
Cut to Leonard entering living room in panic, stumbling and trying to put on a pair of trousers.
Sheldon: (voice off) Leonard! Leonard I'm sick!
Leonard grabs jacket and leaves through front door.
Sheldon: (entering, wrapped in duvet) Leonard! Leonard! Leonard. Leonard, my comforter fell down, and my sinuses hurt when I bend over. Leonard? (Bends to get phone) Ow!
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- English (US)
It's a stage direction - an instruction in a script for how the scene should be presented. A "cut" is a change from one camera view to another, and used as a stage direction usually means from one setting to a completely different one.
- English (US)
It means now the scene is changing and we are focusing on Leonard entering the living room
- Japanese
I see. Thanks a lot.
I forgot to ask about "voice off" in the middle paragraph. Could explain it?
I forgot to ask about "voice off" in the middle paragraph. Could explain it?
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It means that the person who is talking is not currently in the scene.
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