Nick Perkins: Director, screenwriter and production assistant in Dallas, Texas.

Allen Roughton
Can you think of any other movies or TV with Cutaways?

I'm trying to look at how successful scripts/movies/TV deal with cutaways. The most famous example would be the stylized cutaways in THE BIG SHORT, where we break away to learn about some finance topics. Can anybody think of other projects that utilize this technique?

Bill Costantini

Gotta love Ian's explanation of the purpose of his cricket bat from This Is Spinal Tap.

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Chad Stroman

That reminds me. All of Christopher Guest's "mockumentary" style films have cutaways. Same with "The Office" tv show.

Mike W. Rogers

I am making a small movie with my phone and I found a photographer on Twitter who does some small videos wof what she is shooting before she shoots them. I have asked if she could lend me two or three...

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Richard "RB" Botto

Hi Nick. I'm RB, Founder and CEO of Stage 32. As a screenwriter, producer, actor and filmmaker, I know first-hand the challenges all creatives face finding work, landing representation, launching projects, securing funding and simply making the connections that will make a difference in their careers. That's why I created Stage 32. Since our launch in September of 2011, the community has grown to 1,000,000+ members representing every country on the planet making Stage 32 the social network uniquely populated with the most creative people on Earth.

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Amanda Toney

Hello Nick -

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