PRINCIPLES OF EDITING: TRANSITIONS
A film transition is a technique used to describe the development of one scene to the next. Many films will often just cut to the next scene but sometimes they will use different types of transitions. The main transitions include: dissolves (a gradual transition from one scene to the next), fades (in or out, usually to black), wipe (a shape transition) or a match cut (a transition where the first scene's composition matches the next)
A famous example of a match cut is from Stanley Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey" where an ape discovers it can use bones as a tool. The ape throws the bone in the air and then it cuts to a space station. The transition represents a passage of time of millions of years, showing the transition of technology which makes it a very clever and famous use of a transition.
A film transition is a technique used to describe the development of one scene to the next. Many films will often just cut to the next scene but sometimes they will use different types of transitions. The main transitions include: dissolves (a gradual transition from one scene to the next), fades (in or out, usually to black), wipe (a shape transition) or a match cut (a transition where the first scene's composition matches the next)
A famous example of a match cut is from Stanley Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey" where an ape discovers it can use bones as a tool. The ape throws the bone in the air and then it cuts to a space station. The transition represents a passage of time of millions of years, showing the transition of technology which makes it a very clever and famous use of a transition.
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