About this episode
John and Craig discuss the importance of transitions in screenwriting and how to effectively connect scenes.
John and Craig connect the dots on transitions and how they can be just as important as the scenes themselves. They look at how to get your scenes flowing into one another, the many different types of transitions, when to use “CUT TO,” and how to use your cuts to tell your story. We also […] The post Writing effective transitions (Encore) first appeared on John August .
People in this episode
Hosts: John August, Craig
Topics covered
- transitions
- screenwriting
- scene flow
- storytelling
- editing techniques
Keywords
- transitions
- screenwriting
- CUT TO
- scene flow
- editing
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