''Jump Cut: A Review of Contemporary Media'' is a journal covering the analysis of film, television, video, and related media. Established in 1974 by John Hess, Chuck Kleinhans (

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), and Julia Lesage (

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), it takes its name from the

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, a film editing technique in which an abrupt visual change occurs. The publication's stated goal is to approach its subject from a "nonsectarian left,

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, and anti-imperialist" perspective.

History

Hess, Kleinhans, and Lesage met in

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while they were attending graduate school at

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, circa 1970. Kleinhans remembers, " were actually sitting having a coffee in the university library and saying, 'We should start a film journal,' because John published something in '' Film Quarterly'' and Julia and I had published something too." After formulating the journal's principles and gathering articles during 1973, ''Jump Cuts first issue was released in 1974. Each editor contributed $1,000 toward each issue so that they could be free of advertising. Costs were kept low by publishing on

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in tabloid format and typing the copy on an electric typewriter (instead of having it typeset). Distribution was initially done by volunteers driving copies to newsstands in

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where Kleinhans and Lesage took college-teaching jobsand

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where Hess settled. ''Jump Cut'' was published in print until 2001. Soon after, it began releasing issues online. As of September 1, 2019, its back issues are available on the

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for reading or downloading in a variety of formats.

External links

''Jump Cut'', 1974-2000
''The Internet Archive'' hosts a collection of all issues from the beginning until 2000.

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