Drafting & Planning / Research into Similar Products: Scene Transitions.

Earlier in my target audience research I found that most people preferred clean cuts to fade outs when it came to lip synching. However, I still needed to do some research into the transitions between other scenes, such as my lip synching scene and the skirt scene.

To do this, I watched some alternative rock videos and compared the transitions with the ones available on Movie Plus. I used some spare footage to practise editing:

Movie Plus cross fade:

Placebo cross fade:

Although there is a 'fade to colour' option on Movie Plus, I may have to record footage of a bright yellow or bright red light to get the same effect as the light in this video, as red and yellow are not yet available on Movie Plus. The cross fade is a very attractive transition and I plan to use it in between the footage of me lip synching and the Skirt scene.

Movie Plus cross blur:

Three Days Grace cross blur:

This transition is popular in alternative rock songs that feature substance abuse, so I could use this effect in between a lip synching scene and the bathroom scene.