Task Ten- understanding pace

A transition in film is a technique used in the post production process of film/video editing, because this is where the scenes or shots are put together, this is mainly done just by using jut a normal cut that goes straight to the other scene . Now most films have selected uses of other transitions, they usually do this to set a mood to draw the audience in or suggest that time has passed or for separate pars of the story. The other transitions include Dissolves,Wipes, Fades and Cuts.


Cuts:
This transition is the most straight forward transition and it is also the most known way to join two shots. It is the most basic because there sis no special processes needed to perform a cut like other transitions, as the two film strips are just simply played one after the other, when the audience are watching a film that has this in it they will recognise it as one shown in the form of a camera angle change.

 Dissolves:

This transitions involves changing the visibility of the picture that is shown before, moreover rather than transitioning straight from shot to colour, a dissolve is when a shot turn into another one slowly. Dissolves can be used to create a link between two different objects or if someone is telling a story then it can be used o show visual images of this story.

 Fade:

A fade transition occurs when the picture  gradually completely turned into a single colour, in a lot of films they tend to use the colour black for this. Fade INS are usually used at the beginning of a film , while fade outs are found at the end of a film, when something important has finished.

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.

 

Point of view shot:

The camera will be placed as though we are the character as we will see everything that the person sees. This technique is mainly used as it draws the viewer in to the film more and gives them more involvement, as it makes them feel like they are actually in the film themselves rather than just watching it. They do this by showing what the character is looking at and this is represented by the camera so for this the camera is usually positioned between a shot of a character looking at something and shot showing the characyers reaction.