Sử dụng một giải thể để chuyển đổi giữa các cảnh có thể thêm một cảm giác êm ái, và phục vụ để làm chậm nhịp của câu chuyện của bạn. Hòa tan thường bao hàm một thời gian "phản ánh" hoặc "nội quan" và cung cấp cho khán giả một chút thời gian để nhai vào những gì đã chỉ lộ. | Chapter 13 EDITING 303 missing the ball hard cuts to a wide shot of the goalie hanging up his uniform and so on. Dissolves Fades and Wipes Using a dissolve to transition between scenes can add a feeling of smoothness and serve to slow down the pacing of your story. Dissolves usually imply a period of reflection or introspection and give the audience a moment to chew on what has just transpired. Dissolves can also indicate the start of a dream sequence or flashback. Fades and wipes are looking pretty out of date these days but you never know when a fresh eye can make something old look new. The Austin Powers films employed a liberal use of wipes for comic effect and the hard cuts to black between scenes in Stranger Than Paradise added a modern feel to a century-old technique. Establishing Shots Carefully placed establishing shots announce that a new scene is about to start help orient the audience and serve to set the location. Without establishing shots the audience can feel lost. Often the establishing shot is built into the first shot of the scene a crane shot that starts high overhead and ends in a close-up on the main character a slow reveal that pans across a series of objects on a desk and ends on the main character talking on the phone and so on. If the director didn t shoot a good establishing shot then you ll have to find something to cheat such as the last few seconds of a wide shot after the cast has cleared frame. You don t need an establishing shot for every single scene in the film just whenever a significant change in location takes place. Spending more or less time on your establishing shots is an easy way to change the pacing of your project. A long establishing shot with supporting cut-aways will slow things down and give your audience time to settle in. To speed things up you can use a short establishing shot or economize by combining an establishing shot with a split-audio voiceover. For example cut to a wide crane-shot of a riverboat while .
