Transitions

Transitions

Transitions within film are part of the post-production process, they help combine shots and scenes together to flow into a film, if a film had no transitions it would just go from shot to shot unedited. But with transitions it flows and editors can choose certain transitions to make it give the effect they want to, transitions can even suggest the passage of time or that it is veering into a separate part of the story. Transitions can include typical ones such as: Cuts, Dissolves, Fades and Wipes.

Cut:
A basic transition between scenes and is used widely in film just to join two shots, there isn't any special process performed in order to do a cut, it is just a piece of film playing onto the next one. When the audience is watching a transitional cut they will recognise it instantly as it is one image on the screen and it changes instantly.

Dissolve:
The dissolve transition is gradually making the picture shown before the next scene less and less visible. Rather than transitioning immediately to another shot, it changes slowly and creates a link between two scenes.

Wipes:

A wipe is when one shot replaces another shot; it is done by the new shot travelling from the opposite side of the screen.