Research into slide transitions

Cuts and transitions move scenes from one shot to another and are therefore important in music videos. We will need knowledge of slide transitions while editing our music video in order to ensure the audience understand it properly.

Types of Cuts

Cut: Most basic slide transition which simply plays one shot immediately after the other. This is how Adobe Premiere will play the shots without us making any changes. This is also known as a 'straight cut'.

Contrast Cut: When the editor juxtaposes two subjects, for example a peaceful calm shot cutting to an angry shot. This would be relevant in our music video as it tells a story of the girls life now, frustrating and angry, against her past which was happy and relaxed.

Parallel Editing Cutting: Where a scene consists of several shots of the same action. This will be appropriate for our video as we have planned scenes where the actress is followed by the camera during her day. One continuous shot of each action, however, may make the audience bored as it would be very long-winded.

Types of Transitions

Unlike cuts, transitions aim to blend two shots meaning they are not as sudden.

Fade in/out: When one picture slowly fades out and the next fades in, usually turning black briefly between the two. This is seen particularly at the beginning or end of the film.

Dissolve: When a shot changes into the next, without turning black between. The shots blend into each other, this would work in our music video to show the difference between the present and the past of the girls life.

Wipe: When one shot is replaced by another by being moved across and out of the screen. It can involve the shots moving horizontally or vertically. I'm not sure this would be appropriate with our music video as it is rarely seen and may look amateur. 

Morph: Gradually reshaping one object to become another in a separate scene, for example a young man being morphed into an older version of himself. I do not think this will be appropriate in our music video as we are not showing the difference between two separate figures or objects when this would be necessary.