Monday, April 15, 2013

Tech Demo 4/15/13

Film Transitions

Transitions made a huge impact on silent cinema in the 1920's because it was a major creative tool considering there was no sound. Once the silent era ended and the sound era began Hollywood utilized the "cut" most often and not until the French New Wave (60's) was the film transition morphed into a more conscious, artistic aspect of filmmaking. Nowadays the film transition has many forms including the "morph" effect that became available when computer generated imagery was invented.

Common transitions:
-Cut (straight cut, contrast cut, L cut, match cut, jump cut)
-Fade in/out (dissolve)
-Wipe (iris wipe)
-Morph

Classic examples of film transitions

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