Preliminary Research

Technique

"Fast cutting is a film editing technique which refers to several consecutive shots of a brief duration (e.g. 3 seconds or less). It can be used to convey a lot of information very quickly, or to imply either energy or chaos. Fast cutting is also frequently used when shooting dialogue between two or more characters, changing the viewer's perspective to either focus on the reaction of another character's dialog, or to bring to attention the non-verbal actions of the speaking character."

Ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fast_cutting

Fast and Slow Cutting

Examples

Here is a perfect example of fast cutting, used to portray fast transcontinental travel. This was used in Guy Ritchie's 'Snatch' (2000).

Here is another real-world example of fast cutting used in the Can-can scene in Baz Luhrmann's 'Moulin Rouge!' (2001).