Grammar of the Edit, 5th Edition

Chapter SixVideo Transitions and Edit Categories

DOI: 10.4324/9781003257349-6

• Heads, Tails, and Handles

• The Cut

• The Dissolve

• The Wipe

• The Fade

• The Action Edit

• The Screen Position Edit

• The Form Edit

• The Concept Edit

• The Combined Edit

Now that you are familiar with basic shot types, sound assets, and some factors that lead to selecting useful clips and making a solid edit, we should really shed some light on the most common types of transitions that you will use at those edit points. We will be discussing the cut, the dissolve, the wipe, and the fade. Each one of these four traditional transitions conveys its own meaning when viewed within a motion media project. Audiences understand the visual grammar of these transitions ...