scene transitions
Between-moment visual bridges
Scene transitions are techniques that move a narrative from one time, place, or perspective to another.
In film and video, transitions include cuts, fades, dissolves, and wipes.
In writing, transitions might be a line break, a phrase like three weeks later, or simply a new chapter.
Good transitions orient the audience without interrupting flow; clumsy ones jar or confuse.
- crossfadeGradual audio overlap transition
- dissolveDisperse into liquid
- establishing shotOpening scene showing location
- jump cutAbrupt splice between shots
- wipeRub to clean
cut · hard cut · smash cut · fade · fade to black · montage · dream sequence · segue · flash-forward · time jump · cold open · flashback · stage directions · cutting room · intercut · slow motion · pacing · freeze frame
- Filmmakingcamera, film director, camcorder, directing, script
- screenwritingscreenplay, screenplays, screenwriter, screenwriting, script
- production musicbackground music, underscore, incidental music, cues, soundtrack
- Writing Elementsdialogue, plot structure, character depth, exposition, conflict
- storyboardspanels, frames, keyframes, key frames, thumbnails
- storytellingstorytelling, story, tale, narrative, narrator