Blog Post #52 - Editing: Transitions

As I researched in my previous blog post, transitions are vital to films. This is because they are essential to storytelling and managing the narrative elements and flow of a film. Transitions are a tool that are important to be used correctly.


While editing my project, I used fade transitions, dissolve transitions, and cut transitions in order to fit the tone.





In my montage scene, I used cross-dissolve transitions in order to convey that scenes were happening over time, and fade to black transitions to convey a larger passing of time. To end this scene, I used a cross-blur transition to assist the whip pan the camera was performing. I also used a cut transition to show scenes happening one immediately after the other.

During the scene of Ed walking in, I used hard cuts to amplify the hard opening and closing of the door, making Ed's presence more impactful. 

After the conversation scene, I used a match cut in order to transition from Fern walking in front of the camera to Fern walking to the door. 

In the driveway scene, I used a cross-blur effect in order to help speed up the starting of the car, and cross-dissolve to convey the passing of time of the car backing out of the driveway. as I explained in Blog Post #49 - Shortening the Driveway Scene.

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