TRANSITIONS

 

CUTS AND TRANSITIONS

A film transition is a technique used in the post-production process of film editing and video editing by which scenes or shots are combined. Most commonly this is through a normal cut to the next shot. Most films will also include selective use of other transitions, usually to convey a tone or mood, suggest the passage of time, or separate parts of the story.

Continuity: The continuity is the development and structuring of film segments and ideas so that the intended meaning is clear, and the transitions employed to connect the film parts. In a more specific meaning, "continuity" refers to the matching of individual scenic elements from shot to shot so that details and actions, filmed at different times, will edit together without error. 

CUTS

Cut: The most basic type of shot transition, the cut is the most common way to join two shots. In essence it is the continuation of two different shots within the same time and space.  While watching the movie, this is where one image on screen is instantly replaced with another, often in the form of a camera angle change.

Cutting on action. This means cutting from ine shot to another, while the character in still on motion.

Cut away: A shot edited into a scene that presents information that is not a part of the first shot. The cutaway shot is usually followed by a return to the original shot, and is often used to condense time in a scene by eliminating undesired action or to cover a loss of continuity in the action. You can use it to get into the head of the subject,

Cross cut: When two different shots, from different locations, are mixed, usually to increase tension in the sequence. Also used to show the character thinking.

Jump cut: When the editor cuts in the same scene, usually to express the passing of time, or the urgency in the action showed.

Match cut: The match cut joins together two pieces of film that contain two similarly shaped objects in similar positions in the frame. They can also be related by their composition, or their action. They can be visual, or verbal.

TRANSITIONS

Fade in / Fade out: A fade occurs when the picture gradually turns to a single color, usually black, or when a picture gradually appears on screen. Fade ins generally occur at the beginning of a film or act, while fade outs are typically found at the end of a film or act.

Dissolve: Like the fade, a dissolve involves gradually changing the visibility of the picture. However, rather than transitioning from a shot to a color, a dissolve is when a shot changes into another shot gradually. Dissolves, like cuts, can be used to create a link between two different objects, a man telling a story, and a visual of his story, for instance.

Smash cut: This is an abrupt transition. They are used in violent acts, or in nightmares, for example.Also when the nature of the shots are the opposite, quiet/calm, silence/noise...

Iris: By closing the iris, a blurry circle sweeps inwards to the middle of the frame, drawing attention to the subject occupying this center space.

Wipe: A wipe involves one shot replacing another, traveling from one side of the frame to another. Think of a vertical line passing from the right side of the frame to the left. On the left side of this line, we have shot A, and on the right side of this line is shot B. Another common type of wipe uses objects in the scene, rather than an invisible vertical line. One interesting application of this creates the illusion of a camera passing through the ceiling of the bottom floor of a multi-story house to the ground of the floor above. In this case, shot A would consist of the camera rising to the ceiling, and shot B would have the camera rising from the ground. A wipe transition gives the impression the camera is passing between the floors of a house.

Invisible cut: Like the match cut, the invisible cut attempts to join two shots with similar frames together. The invisible cut, however, is designed to completely hide the transition from the audience. The audience can deduce a cut has occurred, but they would have a hard time pinpointing the exact moment.

L-Cut: An L Cut is an editing technique that results in a cut occurring at a different time for audio than for video. The voice or sound, will continue in the next shot.

J- Cut:  The viewer will hear characters' voices a few seconds before seeing them on film.

What is a transition in video?

Video transitions are a post-production technique used in film or video editing to connect one shot to another.

There are many different types of transitions:

But there is a different kind of transitions. The ones that you create within your shots. When filming this type of shots,  the movement of your camera becomes essential.

In this work you have to make a transition based in movement, such as wipes, tilt, zoom, etc.

Take a look to this instagram account to get inspired.

https://www.instagram.com/kylenutt/

https://www.instagram.com/jordi.koalitic/?hl=es

In this video you will also find more tips.

The task

You have to:

• Make a video of one minute minimum and two minutes maximum.
• Start with a black or white and fade in the video.
• Finish the video fading out to black or white.
• Include at least three transitions in the video.
• Add music to your clip.
• Add a title "Transitions" at the beginning as well as your complete name at the end.
• Upload to Classroom before deadline.