To do this, there were and series of steps I had to take to add each effect to each clip. The process was fairly simple, however choosing the correct effect for the transition took detailed thought in order to ensure it looked right on the picture. Firstly, I needed to cut the clips together in order, to ensure I knew which transitions were which. Then I clicked to the 'visual effects' option on the bottom left corner of the document, which then took me to a series of visual effect options that I could decide from.
Above there shows a screenshot of the timeline from the document I edited my short film in. The first bar on the timeline shows purple blocks spaced throughout the duration of the edit. These purple block demonstrate the titles I added to these clips. I used these to state the time period of how long Freddie and Ivy had been together throughout the montage I created in the editing timeline shown. The second bar of clips shows the visual clips that I captured by camera, in the order of scenes I decided for my film. Each of this clips had to be cut determined by what the next shot added would be. For many of these clips, I have added visual transition effect to them, to create a smooth flow from each scene to the next. This is not made clear with this screenshot as it does not show them clearly, but they can be very thinly scene on many clips, the purple blocks in between a number of clips. The transitions I used mainly consisted on the 'cross dissolve' effect, where with each transition merging with the other at a certain point before the previous clips fades out. I used to this to create a more effective montage scene that flowed more with itself. With each clips fading in to the other, this created a more present representation of the scene, especially for the marriage scene outside the church, which I have demonstrated with a screenshot shown below.
This screenshot above shows the 'cross dissolve' effect I have added to many of the shots. As you can see this shows two shots in one frame. This particular shot shows the transition from the engagement scene to the marriage scene at the church. I felt that this was an accurate representation of how the time flowed, as it showed many shots of the "happy couple" at the church, enhancing to audience members the atmosphere of their relationship. Using a montage with this transition almost created a photographic atmosphere to the scene as it is showing many of the same shot of them standing together at the shot. This was sued to take audience members through a quick time period of their marriage and relationship after, but which still flowed well.
This screenshot shows the beginning of a shot transition within a montage of when Ivy and Freddie are first together. When I found this transition, I thought it brought quite a positive atmosphere to the montage, one of the reasons why I included it. This was a good way to let the film flow more and allowed me to cut clips after each other very closely, without overlapping.
The screenshot below shows the credits I edited in the film once I had finished all the editing. At first, the credit left the page very quickly therefore, this took adjusting as I had to change the timing of how long the credits should stay on the frame. I decided to slow these credits down so it would be easier for viewers to read the positions of everyone involved in the film.
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