Prelap

Quick meaning: Prelap is a noun meaning (film) A film editing technique in which the dialogue from the next scene precedes the cut, and the beginning of the dialogue is heard in the outgoing scene.

Meaning

(film) A film editing technique in which the dialogue from the next scene precedes the cut, and the beginning of the dialogue is heard in the outgoing scene.

Example Sentences

Some aspects of the editing were groundbreaking: In his book “Film Editing: History, Theory and Practice” (2001), Don Fairservice pointed out that “Stagecoach” contained one of the earliest uses — maybe even the first — of the now-commonplace technique called a prelap, in which as one scene ends, dialogue from the next is already beginning on the soundtrack.

Word Forms

• prelaps
• pre-lap

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include cut-in, preroll, previsualization, intercut, jump cut, ellipsis.

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