Hello all,

I have a small problem where i wish to edit or cut into one shot so they flow... ill explain:

In our film we start the scene with the opening of an interview of a person. (Production point) We have linked the DV camera to a TV behind him so what the camera sees, is shown on the TV . our second camera is to zoom into the TV after a line in the script, the zoom will go into the TV and the colour bars which make up a TV image blur.

That is our first scene. The second shot starts..

We pull out of the TV (zoom out) which is (turned off) and then we pan right 180 degrees to a door.

My question is how can i cut these two scenes cleanly? Shall i fade to black just before the end of the first scene or use a white flash of light? - The first scene is the represent today and the second is to represent a week ago.

- i hope i haven't confused you all it's hard to explain.

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the zoom will go into the TV and the colour bars which make up a TV image blur.

I didn't quite understand that statement, but I think I generally understand what you are trying to do. If it were me, I'd try to use a straight cut. Adding a color dip or dissolve will just take the attention away from the editing device (which is the zoom to the tv).

edit: spelling/grammar

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You could have the flash of the television turning off, pan to the door... all in one shot itself then maybe at the end of it redo/replay the first shot of the interview like if that is how your film is structured temporally - chronologically.

(Today) -----> (Last Week)------> (Today)

Like the tv turning off is the "temporal shift" at that point the audience doesn't know anything - your story goes back "subtly" to last week and builds up events... then ends with the interview, where it begins essentially. So by the end, the audience realizes that the interview actually took place in the future/present.

Well, as for the TV I would just have the screen blink out of existence like a normal TV as you zoom out. As for the whole week ago thing, you could always have a news person talking as you first start to zoom in at the screen, and makesure he/she says the date clearly, then when you zoom out during the second scene, get a close up as you pan towards the door, of a calendar showing the date as a week before. oh and if there are going to be actors in camera, make sure their clothes are different.