As mentioned in an earlier blog post, using the right transition in your videos can have a large impact on the overall look and feel of your videography. Though many editing software’s provide users with numerous transitions such as a cross dissolve, fade to black, and various page wipes, through including transitions in your videos, your videography abilities will seemingly improve overnight.

I first began experimenting with including transitions in my videos on a family trip to Disney World. Over the course of the trip, I brought along my GoPro Hero 3+ Silver Edition to film different parts of the day to make a short video covering the trip.

After a bit of forward thinking, I decided to start every video with someone placing their hand over my camera’s lens, moving it to reveal the ride or place we were in, then having them place their hand back on the lens once again.

Through placing numerous videos filmed as described above side beside with no physical transition in between, the videos appeared as if they were all filmed at the same time regardless of the varying locations and so on.

Although this way of filming and editing took a bit of planning, I believe it paid off in the end in order to create a video with a unique style not many had seen before. Beyond this, I would heavily suggest that you experiment with various transitions that you may have never seen before.

In the past I have made transitions out of walking, placing my hand over the camera, and more. A few of these select transitions can be seen in the video below from a trip I made to Atlanta, Georgia a few weeks ago.

When it comes to the walking transition I included in my Georgia video edit, throughout the trip I simply took several videos of myself walking on various surfaces and then ended it with a pan up to a large mural. In editing this, I placed all of the videos on my timeline in iMovie, cut each one to fit the music, and made sure my feet matched up in each clip to make it seem as if I was walking across numerous surfaces.

Through the video included above, I hope you can get a general understanding of how I personally use transitions to make my videos a bit more interesting for my audience.

Let me know if there are any other transitions you would like me to try in the comments below!