adj. 25B6; adjective (informal)
he was tired and jumpy : NERVOUS, on edge, edgy, tense, nervy, anxious, ill at ease, uneasy, restless, fidgety, keyed up, overwrought, on tenterhooks; informal a bundle of nerves, jittery, like a cat on a hot tin roof, uptight, het up, in a tizz/tizzy; Brit. informal strung up, like a cat on hot bricks; N. Amer. informal spooky, squirrelly, antsy; Austral./NZ informal toey.
jumpy black-and-white footage : JERKY, jolting, lurching, bumpy, jarring; fitful, convulsive.
calm.