prelap

See also: pre-lap

English

Alternative forms

• pre-lap

Etymology

From pre- +‎ lap. Compare overlap.

Noun

prelap (countable and uncountable, plural prelaps)

1. (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.

   Coordinate term: postlap

   • 2022 October 29, Gavin Edwards, “Overlooked No More: Dorothy Spencer, Film Editor Sought Out by Big Directors”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     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.