Trailer - The Middle 18 Seconds

         
        Following the shackled skeleton clip, it cuts to a dragon in an open plain firing an ice ball. (00:20:03) I wanted the blue ice ball to be available for a transition to the next clip with blue water but the ball was fired to quickly and was essentially a blue flash on screen. By using the time remapping tool I was able to slow down the clip where the dragon spits the ice ball down to 50% giving the ice ball a couple more seconds on screen giving the viewer more time to take it in. This then cuts to the clip of water rushing forward to reveal the blue sky, I didn't have a transition between these 2 clips as they felt too forced, however I feel that because the majority of the 2 clips are a similar shade of blue, it is still a move transition.

           At 00:21:19 this clip begins the transition into the clip under the bridge. I used the cross dissolve transition as I was going from a predominantly blue scene to a scene of the same type. The transition is slightly off center, beginning later in the first clip as this allowed the clip to flow better. The grey foam blended into the grey stone floor, the stone sconces blended into the bridge arches, the water and sky blending into one another make the transition flow smoothly.

         Again, going from a scene with water and blue sky to a scene in the same vane, additive dissolve enabled this change to happen without being distracting. By using this transition in particular the water, sky, trees, and mountains blend into each other smoothly. Of all the water scene transitions, the additive dissolve at 00:29:20 is my favourite. After experimenting with all the dissolve transitions, additive was most suitable when placed slightly off center between the two clips, starting later in the geyser scene. Due to this, the foam from the geyser blends into the white/grey sky in the water's reflection, the vapour fades into the snowy stump of the dock, and the trees, sky, and mountains also flow into one another, this makes the transition smoother.

          As the camera begins to point past the trees and into the sky (00:33:24) the cross dissolve transition begins to happen. This was shortened to 00:00:24 milliseconds and moved to earlier within the lake scene, as this allowed for an almost seamless transition between the sky and trees. The dip to white transition at 00:38:13 was placed off center, slightly earlier in the sun clip. This was to create a 'blinding' effect when the camera was central at the sun.