Filming Scene Transitions: Creative Techniques on a Budget

Learn creative film transitions with unique, DIY techniques from 16-time Vimeo Staff Pick winner Matty Brown.

Go behind the scenes with award-winning film director Matty Brown as he reveals his method for creating film transitions. With straightforward techniques, a camera, and a camera strap, Matty heightens emotion and manipulate pacing as he cuts from scene to scene. Join him as he shoots a series of clips around Brooklyn and then edits them together to learn how you can apply his techniques to your own work. You’ll learn:

• Shooting strategies for smoother transitions
• Editing techniques for a professional look
• Four unique transitions from Matty’s own work

After taking this class, you’ll have an arsenal of techniques to return to again and again, as well as the inspiration and confidence to create your own signature transitions so you can take your projects from feeling like a “video” to looking like a professional short film!

For more budget filmmaking tips, take Matty’s other Skillshare class, Low Budget Filmmaking — Tips and Tricks for an Indie Look.

• Introduction
• Getting Started with Transitions
• Shooting Transitions
• Editing: The Seamless Reveal
• Editing: The Whoosh
• Editing: Into Black
• Editing: Match Cut
• Final Thoughts
• What's Next?