Elliptical editing

Elliptical editing is when the clip length is shortened to a point. Usually this is done in chase sequences or to remove any unnecessary filler scenes.

Example:

To see Bruce Wayne travelling in natural time would take the film to an unprecedented duration not suitable for the audience therefore using cuts to demonstrate the travel but in a shortened way would purport a significant length of time however cut into a suitable 2 minute sequence.

The most frequent component of elliptical editing would consist of the jump cut which enables the film to be split into several short shots for a desired sped up effect.