Transitions

There are many different transitions, each of which being used for their own specific reasons, whether that is to make a scene more realistic or simply to communicate to the audience that time has passed.

Different types of transitions:
Buffer --> allows enough time to make the scene believable
Fade/Dissolve -->fade in and out to communicate passing of time
Superimposition --> lay shots over each other
Wipe --> a wiping motion between shots
Inset --> shot within a shot
Split screen --> divide the screen up
Stock shot --> impossible to get a shot so they found one

examples:

Opening sequences

 This is one example of an opening sequence in the Corpse Bride. It gives an insight to the time period, setting a main characters of the scene. It also portrays the characters attitudes by the way they interact with the butterfly in order to show the audience which are the good and bad characters without revealing any of the storyline. Sadly this clip uses different music to that originally used in the opening sequence, but the music used originally at first creates a slow and whimsical atmosphere which later becomes a little faster in tempo and gives off and old fashioned theme. The original music is included below the clip in order to demonstrate the points I noted on it. The colour theme of this opening sequence is monochrome with little bursts of colour such as on the butterfly to draw our attention to it.

Match on action

Definition: Match on action is continuity editing in which one shot cuts to another and therefore portrays an action. And example of this is shown in my Preliminary task, the opening and walking through of a door. Other examples include:


This scene is from the Matrix and has some clear example of match on action/match cut action. One such example is when Trudy (The short haired lady) flips off the wall in order to dodge. It is a clear example and it follows the action through from start to finish using 3 different shots.