Ch 1 Activity, Transitions

Transitions occur throughout every movie to move from one scene into another. A transition is meant to interrupt the flow of the movie as little as possible and continue the pace of what is occurring. Fades tend to allow a scene to be drawn out, where as cuts end a scene and transition into the next as quickly as possible.


Throughout much of the movie "Shaun of the Dead", director Edgar Wright creates quick transitions between scenes through a series of very short cuts of minor actions a character may do. For example, as a transition to show the characters moving from the inside of Shaun's house to the neighborhood outside, many cuts are made to Shaun brushing his teeth, putting the toothbrush down, and washing his hands. Each cut lasts only a second, but continues the pace of the movie from one scene to the next.