Elements of Transition

• Fade in: from a dark scene to clear visuals
• Fade out: from a clear visual to a dark scene
• Dissolve: to join the last few frames (3/4/5 frames) of the running shot with the first few frames of the next shot.
• Superimposition: The placement of one thing over another, typically so that both are still evident.
• Bleach in: from a totally white screen to the clear visuals
• Bleach out: from a clear visual to a totally white screen
• Wipe: to remove a visual to immediately next visual
• Freeze: to stop a moving frame
• Focus play: to blur the clear vision, clean vision to blurriness(focus), to be used for flashbacks and flash forwards
• Swish pan: quick camera pan so that the resulting image is badly blurred