Transitions

Transitions are edits that are used to link on shot with another, or to link many shots to a scene. Different transitions can give different effects or meaning to a shot. Transition shots include:

1. Dissolve transitions or fades, give the effect that one scene has started or has begun. This will let the audience gradually be moved from one scene/story to another without disorientating the audience.
2. Wipe transitions, a cheesy edit that is usually not taken seriously. The Star Wars franchise used this as their main form of moving from one location to the other, whilst simultaneously keeping time the same.
   
3. Long takes, filmed in a way that a single scene will shot within one take but filmed so that the audience may feel it is filmed as many shots.
4. J cuts and L cuts, used so that an audio track from character or object may overlap a video track so you can hear the speech and see the others reactions simultaneously.
5. Jump cuts, used so that a large amount of time can be covered withing seconds like when the caveman throws the bone into the air and it turns into a space craft.
6. Cross Cutting, used to show and change between two shots that contridict each other giving the emotion and setting for both sides of the story.