Audio, visual, and computer tricks used to take the narrative from one scene to another — most usually used in film, animation, and live-action TV, although not unheard of in other media.
Compare Cut to the Index.
Methods of Scene Transition include:
- Body Wipe
- Dissolve
- Fade Around the Eyes
- Fade to Black
- Fade In: Marking the start of a scene by gradually dissolving from black/white
- Fade Out: Marking the end of a scene by gradually dissolving to black/white
- Fade to White
- Flashback Effects
- Fight Woosh
- Iris Out
- Match Cut
- Pan: Horizontally rotating the camera to get a grasp of the panorama.
- Picture-Perfect Presentation
- Prelap
- Seamless Scenery
- Separate Scene Storytelling
- Signature Transition
- Silent Scenery Panel
- Strobing
- Transition Track
- Whip Pan
- Wipe
- Idiosyncratic Wipes which have multiple variations.
