Editing Blog: Adding transitions

On our next step of editing, we added our transitions. Some of our transitions would include blackouts jump cuts and fade-ins. These transitions add to our film by adding suspense. For example, the blackout allows suspense at the end and shows a change of scene. In our film, we use the blackout to change the scene from when our scenes took place at night and then it turned into a day. We used this as a placement for it being the next day. In the end, we used a blackout to create suspense. This is the "ending" of our film and we want the audience to keep watching and be into it. We think these techniques will be useful to engage the auidence. These transitions can be used in two different situations and create a range of effects on the auidence.
Another transition we used was jumpcuts. Most of our transitions were jumpcuts for two reasons. It was a smooth transition and made it look like two separately filmed scenes are the same. Or there wasn't another appropriate transition that wouldn't be "confusing". Jumpcuts are useful for when your scenes are transitioning, but you don't want it to look as if they're different. Another transition we used was cross blur. This transition blends two scenes into each other. This adds the effect of fading away, but quickly and having a blur. This transition was useful for when we wanted to make a clear switch between the two clips. Transitions are useful and needed in a film to show switches between clips and to add suspense and keep the auidence engaged.