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Diploma thesis – Different Transitions Between Film Shots and Their Effect, addresses the topic of editing and its consequences. Through editing, we can skip certain unimportant segments of events in a film, the content of which viewers can fill in with their own intuition. The diploma thesis presents transitions that are used in different film genres. The aim of the work is to determine whether proper use of transitions is necessary for good editing, whether it is possible to overdo it with transition editing, whether we can influence the viewer's perception of time in a film with the right choice of transition, and whether imperceptible transitions give the viewer a sense of presence. She was particularly interested in the sense of time, whether transitions throughout the film are tactically placed to emphasise the passage of time, or whether they are given more for visual effect.
Problem
Diploma thesis – Different Transitions Between Film Shots and Their Effect, addresses the topic of editing and its consequences. Through editing, we can skip certain unimportant segments of events in a film, the content of which viewers can fill in with their own intuition.
Solution and Method
The diploma thesis presents transitions that are used in different film genres. The work includes a description of different film transitions and their most commonly used form. The explanation of some includes a practical example.
The diploma thesis serves as a summary of the most common transitions in film editing.
Results
The aim of the work is to determine whether proper use of transitions is necessary for good editing, whether it is possible to overdo it with transition editing, whether we can influence the viewer's perception of time in a film with the right choice of transition, and whether imperceptible transitions give the viewer a sense of presence. She was particularly interested in the sense of time, whether transitions throughout the film are tactically placed to emphasise the passage of time, or whether they are given more for visual effect. To discover answers to these questions, she used analysis of selected films.
The films represented different genres in order to determine whether there is a noticeable difference in the use of transitions depending on the genre. The films helped in getting to know the transitions more easily, and their analysis helped the author to see how transitions are used in concrete examples. From personal life, experience was taken from filming the series Moon Knight.
On set, she focused on the filming process and the shots they wanted to obtain. When reviewing the finished work, she evaluated the assembly of shots into a whole. She found that each film uses several different transitions, which is also connected to the finding that an individual transition can be used for different purposes and effects.
The use of transitions is a creative element of film, where creators can leave their mark. The assertion that it is possible to overdo it with transitions is refuted, as the evaluation of a film is up to the viewers, who have different opinions.
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