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Applying transitions to talking heads
Hi:
I have a production with alot of interviews and have had to do quite a bit of editing on these. The audio sounds great, but now I have problems with the transitions where I’ve made the cuts. I initially used a dissolve transition but it really didn’t look right on many of the clips and looked jerky and unnatural, then I tried the dip to black which I think looks better… but I’m wondering if anyone has any suggestions on the most professional way to do these transitions.
Thank you.
Lillian
Lillian Fidler
Jillian Productions
St. John’s, Newfoundland
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2 Replies
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I’ve found the exposure effect to offer a nice transition. Take your master parameter up until it’s white in about 10 frames on your outgoing clip and then reverse the effect on your incoming. Creates a nice 20 frame *transition*
-Jason
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If you’re talking about a ‘normal’ sequence you’ve edited, a lot of people suggest that a straight cut is the best option, and that others like dissolves are *usually* a weaker choice, when you can’t find any other solution.
Remember that you can cut the audio and visuals at different points!! It’s too easy to just do your cuts and keep everything linked, but sometimes if you cut the audio before or after the visuals it feels very natural and can smooth out an otherwise awkward transition. If you pay attention to interviews (or anything!) in both real and fictional stuff on TV you will realise how often this happens and how little you notice it because it just works 🙂
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