Tuesday, 5 October 2010

Chapter 3- Transition Styles

Cuts=

Cuts are the simplest form of edits a film can have, these are the most prominently used Transition Styles in films, Cuts reduce the time in which a film runs furthermore in films they play a variety or roles for example they are used to show different reactions between to people or switch to another place.


Jump Cuts=


Jump cuts are initially cuts that can completely change the scene, time, setting in an instant without generally confusing an audience providing the jump cut as something constant within the frame.


Fades=


Fades are generally used at the end of a scene, to mark the transition to a different scene, environment and or scenario. Fades generally fade to black when they make there transitions but if within the program the protagonist is knocked out then the fade would be white, this is rather symbolic because there is supposedly the white light when we die, so film makers incorporate this into there fades to show the characters near death, this transitions is generally followed up by a scene or setting that has moved time.

Wipes=

Wipes are used to completly change location and time of the film, the Star Wars saga used wipes requlary in there films

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