AS1: Task 12 Transitions and Effects

Transition and effects

Transitions is the movement from one shot to the other. Transitions convey different ideas to the audience that is why you choose the correct transitions. There are different types of transitions, they are:

Straight cut- A straight cut is one of the most common transitions. It is just a normal cut and is almost impossible to see because there is no transitional effect it's a quick change of shot. They help convey reality.

Dissolves- This transitional effect is when one shot is fading out and at the same time another shot is fading in. This tells the audience the two shots are connected in some way, or it can show time has passed.

Fade- A fade is similar to a dissolve but the difference is with fade it doesn't fade into a different shot.

Wipe- A shot is pushed off the screen by another shot. Star wars uses these effectively.

Graphic match- 2 shots that are similar are next to each other to transition into a new scene. An example of this is used in war of the worlds.

Manipulating Time and Space- This is when time is fast forwarding around the actor or around the main object in the shot or it goes back in time, for example flashback. This is effective in films because it can show what has lead up to the main part of the film. for example most mystery films will show the end at the beginning of the film and then cut it at when someone was murdered but not show who the murderer is then go to back an show the actions leading up to the murder. This is effective because it gets the audience thinking about who the murderer is throughout the film which is the purpose of mystery films, to get people thinking. 

These are all transition types used in films.

Effect Examples

Wizard of oz uses technicolor to show fantasy and that she is entering a new world away from Texas. This effect is effective because film makes used to use technicolor to convey fantasy.

In the film the time machine (1960) it shows that he is time travelling and he dont age but the environment around him changes and this shows time is moving.

This is taken from the film magic mike and it shows that the scene has a filter to convey the fact the time of day has changed.