I'm currently writing the script of a shortfilm and I had questions about transitions. As you explain, I come up with ideas to level up my narrative. Thanks a lot for your time and the experience you share. Greetings from Mexico!
i use very simple transitions like Later, Continued, cut to, that's pretty much it I think if a pro reads my script he she will get it. I have about 50 thousand minutes as an editor and as a Director i know what and how I want to read it and that's how I write. Is it correct probably not but what is correct. I look at so many script writers and they all format differently Lets get to a legible story that the pros can read with out tossing it into the waste paper basket
I'm sure I have seen the Q&A transitions hundreds of times and not thought about it but in 2018 Avengers Infinity War when Dr Strange asks "where is he now?" referring to Thor and it cuts to Thor - it was so on the nose, I have been infatuated with Q&A transitions ever since
Hello can we write different actions in a scene using cut to. Example: if a person writing a story , then he cleaning the room, dress changing , switch off light and open door and going out . Can we write this as follows , Scene 1 Room Int/Day Man writing a story ------Cut to------- Int/Day Man cleaning the room. -------cut to-------- Int/Day Man dress changing -------cut to-------- Int/Day Man switching off the light and open the door and go out. Reply please.......
If day and setting remain the same, you could use either "LATER" - written as action - or CUT TO: The former is probably the most elegant solution in my view.
Hey Renato, Thank you for the comment. Totally in agreement with you. What I didn't sufficiently emphasise is the need for continuity, and the importance of continuity in the transition. Have you seen the latest video? Your comment would have applied in that context, too. ;) Cheers, Karel
You'll find examples of this in almost every film and TV episode. Cut on a question or even a single word that creates the hook with the next scene. Audiences don't expect you to show the end of every conversation. I hope this helps. Cheers, Karel
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I'm currently writing the script of a shortfilm and I had questions about transitions. As you explain, I come up with ideas to level up my narrative. Thanks a lot for your time and the experience you share. Greetings from Mexico!
Thank you for your comment, Alonso. Good luck with the short script!
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i use very simple transitions like Later, Continued, cut to, that's pretty much it I think if a pro reads my script he she will get it. I have about 50 thousand minutes as an editor and as a Director i know what and how I want to read it and that's how I write. Is it correct probably not but what is correct. I look at so many script writers and they all format differently Lets get to a legible story that the pros can read with out tossing it into the waste paper basket
Makes sense. Less is more in this case.
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I'm sure I have seen the Q&A transitions hundreds of times and not thought about it but in 2018 Avengers Infinity War when Dr Strange asks "where is he now?" referring to Thor and it cuts to Thor - it was so on the nose, I have been infatuated with Q&A transitions ever since
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Hello can we write different actions in a scene using cut to.
Example: if a person writing a story , then he cleaning the room, dress changing , switch off light and open door and going out . Can we write this as follows ,
Scene 1 Room
Int/Day
Man writing a story
------Cut to-------
Int/Day
Man cleaning the room.
-------cut to--------
Int/Day
Man dress changing
-------cut to--------
Int/Day
Man switching off the light and open the door and go out.
Reply please.......
If day and setting remain the same, you could use either "LATER" - written as action - or CUT TO:
The former is probably the most elegant solution in my view.
usually don't write anything unless the transition is part of the narrative context. Yes ok it always is, but sometimes it is more than others.
Hey Renato,
Thank you for the comment. Totally in agreement with you.
What I didn't sufficiently emphasise is the need for continuity, and the importance of continuity in the transition.
Have you seen the latest video? Your comment would have applied in that context, too. ;)
Cheers,
Karel
How would you go about writing a transition if the characters are still in conversation, but you want to move on?
You'll find examples of this in almost every film and TV episode. Cut on a question or even a single word that creates the hook with the next scene. Audiences don't expect you to show the end of every conversation.
I hope this helps.
Cheers,
Karel