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Field of View: Punctuation
The Language and Meaning of Transition Effects
Hosted by Chuck Peters
SEASON: 1 EPISODE: 110 RELEASE DATE: APRIL 2, 2007
Transitions are the punctuation of your productions. They assist your viewers in interpreting your edit.
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54 User Comments
Wow, I cannot say how excellent this was. I just learned some incredibly valuable information - and it was so well done! Thanks!
Nice to see someone show the correct way to use transitions in their productions. So many people just use them because they have them. Very refreshing to see this explained the right way!
As a beginner, this video was extremely useful. I'm working on my first (home) video production and can see already where I nedd to redo some of my transitions. Thanks!
I have been looking for a way to explain the difference of transitions to my editors without success - until now! This is it! Every editor in the world should view this video! I am making this video manditory viewing for all of my editors. Thank you so much for such a great educational tool!
Excellent, clear explanation of the intended meaning behind different transitions. I liked this one a lot!
I love the style of shooting used in this episodes. Great job, Chuck and crew. I can't help but find them very very similar in style to the NOOMA videos by Rob Bell.
Chuck, I think you are familiar with them. By the way everyone, check them out, google can give you a hand with that. The producers of NOOMA have a unique and fresh way to communicate.
Boy, I really learned a lot from this one. I can see I will be using more cuts for my transitions in the future.
Thanks again for another great job.
Great shows, I love listening to principles, learned a lot. Chuck, your a Great host, and educator. After every episode "I want more!!!"
Thanks for another wonderful and informative lesson, Chuck. Everything was superb, from the mellow green tones of your shots to the succinct explanations and examples of transitions and why/how to use them. You deliver what could be dry theory in an enticing, thoughtful, and beautiful package. Well done, team!
You guys are fantastic! Really good advice for the amateurs and semi-pro's alike!
Congrats !
BTW, BRING PERRY BACK !! I really miss his shows !!
Chuck and Perry wonderful job like always,
still i have a question did you shut this episode with steady-cam or with
rail + duly ?
as it look wonderful so i have to know
Chuck - I understood what you said perfectly. Up until this episode I was using many of the transitions you mentioned wrong. I knew there was a method, I just didn't know what the method was. Thanks. There's seems to be more to shooting video than shooting video.
Great episode Chuck and crew. Perfect analogy punctuation/transition. You couldn't have made it any clearer. Thanks!
Information wise that to me was probably the best 'FoV' yet, all stuff that I've known for some time but just listening to it again was kind of like a refresher course certainly made it worthy of 4 1/2 stars. Thanks.
Shot grammar is essential to the language of motion graphics.
Here is the gold, "Special effects need to stay special to be special."
Right on!
Now tell me why you would want to be upstaged by a lamp and a computer?
The above-mentioned comments about a too-long transition on the opening title sequence and about the framing with the lamp and laptop are interesting, because they point out a central theme of this segment. A great teacher once told me "you can't argue with the viewer." If they think it was too long, if they were confused, you lose. You don't get the opportunity to sit in their living rooms and offer an explanation.
So I'm going to give Chuck tremendous credit for intentionally placing what one viewer dubbed speedbumps within this segment. Way to make us think about what we're watching, and as a result think more about what we're editing in the future.
I love that you guys post an Associate's Degree course in basic video production online for free. And do it well!
Chuck, this segment is too good to be true. You have explained guidelines of appropriate transition use and overuse to perfection. I am sure I will be earmarking and utilizing this segment as an external support, to validate this point in the near future. Overuse of flashy transitions that should be used as exclamations is a significant issue. Thank you for addressing it!
Also, I am so grateful that you recognized and explained this in terms of being a communications issue and getting your video message across. The analogy with grammar and punctuation was perfect.
Awesome! This kind of segment is so incredible for those of us who have no formal training. Please keep them coming.
Excellent piece guys! I've missed Field of View being on regularly..it's like with the first season of Lost they kept taking breaks between episodes and I lost interest.
Well, you have a hand up on Lost...because I'm still with you guys. I LOVE this show and can't WAIT to buy it on DVD!
I do have to mention that the lamp worked nicely for an accent as a writer's lamp, but could it have switched sides with the laptop? Since the laptop was tilted to our left and the lamp was on our right, just swap the angle of the computer and put the lamp on the far side so you never cross over it. Just a thought.
5 stars as usual!
I think this is one of the most important djtv episodes ever. Too many editors run into the mistakes described here... Thanks Chuck, thanks Perry and thanks DJ for all of this! =)
- Miguel Alvarez
Great job! What a brilliant idea to convey the concept of trasnitions through gramatical punctuation. Well done.
Chuck,you are the Dean of DJTV. Connecting grammer with video continuity puts you at the head of the class.
Kuhnen
Loved it as usual. Thanks Chuck for hammering this one! It is always obvious and really drives me crazy to watch amateur videos completely enveloped in "explanation point" transitions!!!!
By the way, great use of the Stacktraxx. This really showcases the power of Stacktraxx and the options and creativity you can have using the layers.
5 stars from me again this week.
Man, thanks for breaking down transition usage and putting it into words. That's really helpful when trying to explain some basic things to clients "No, it's not a good idea to set your transitions on 'random'"
Great work.
Hey DJTV. Not to be a downer, I guess I am spoiled by all of solid production I have seen so for from all segments. What's up with the desk lamp and framing? Your mouth is completely covered by the lamp (1st monologue), you look a bit small relative to the laptop and the lamp crowds the frame overall..
Not trying to be production design "centric" but it really took me out of the spot. 1st time it has happened while watching DJTV...
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This is one of the most well written pieces I ever watched... and not only on DJTV. Excellent stuff, Chuck!
Curiously, even though this is about transitions, I felt a couple of times during the episode that there were speedbumps... transitions that didn't play smoothly for me. The most glaring example to me was after Chuck's intro and exquisite explanation of punctuation, the fade to black (which I thought was too long) then the first title page and then back to Chuck. At first, I thought the episode was over! Of course, all of this is just my take on it. It really was a well done piece and would play in any English class. You all impress me more and more every time I watch.
Chuck - is awsome in his passion, while conveying his message; which is, as always, extremely useful.
I have always wanted to know when to use specific transition effects and I am so glad you explained it for me. Listening to you clarify why and when to use these effects makes total sense now that I understand.
Great episode Chuck!
Nice breakdown of the different transitions and their meanings/purposes.
(Nice green color theme....very relaxing. You look very relaxed, cozy, and calm. Very inviting atmosphere. Thanks for letting us into your office for a visit. ---- Did Perry set up this set? Looks like something he would put together for ambience. If so, great job Perry!)
Chuck thank you for the segment you and your crew work so hard on. As a Video Producer I know the hard work that goes in to every project. You and your crew make it look so easy. I'm really glad that you went over the guideline when and why we as editors use transition. It's all to common to see miss use of them. I"m a recently new member to DJ and have learn alot from you guys. Thank you for all that you do there.
Excellent episode. I never thought about what the different transitions would symbolize. I always enjoy watching your shows Chuck they are always very insightful, your doing a Great Job. Thanks for sharing your secrets with us.
Very nice, basic cover of editing grammar. A good one to play for clients that want to insist on inapropriate transitions. Reminds me of a classic bit in "The Simpsons" where Lisa is editing a dating service video of Ned Flanders for her client/producer Homer. Homer keeps insisting every transition be a star wipe. Star wipe, star wipe, star wipe. When Lisa asks for an alternative choice, Homer's response is "why eat hamburger when you can have steak?" Lisa mutters that she's taking her name off the credits.