Natural Transitions

When moving from one place to another in a film, simply jumping to the next location may seem disorienting to the viewer. This is why transitions are used, and more specifically, natural transitions. A transition is when one clip is cut to another using a certain effect. This effect could be a simple fade out and in to black, or a computer generated wipe. Natural wipes however use objects in the scene to transition to the next shot. One example could be a car passing by on the street. When the car is in full frame, its cropped out and the next clip is cut in. Another example would be using similar looking landscape, such as grass or trees. Since most plants look similar its easy to transition to a similar one in the next shot. One last example would be to use a swish pan with your camera. By moving the camera fast enough gives the clip a blur effect. If this pan is used at the beginning of the next shot, when put together the two clips look like they're one full camera motion. By using these creative transitions, it can give your video just a little bit of extra spice.