You asked, Matty answered: tips for mastering transitions2 min read

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Matty Brown, 15-time Vimeo Staff Pick recipient and Academy educator, recently shared a glimpse into his process for creating killer transitions, using “Playground, Italy“ as a case study.

Curious Vimeans chimed in with their thoughts and questions, and Matty has happily weighed in below to answer each question and offer more insight into his creative process:

Stork: Do you speed up/scale and move the clips during “motion transition,” or do you shoot several clips with various speeds and camera movements so you’ll have more to work with?

Matty: I sometimes shoot multiple shots to get different speeds for the camera movement when whipping away or jolting it around, but most of the time, I like to just shoot one shot and adjust the speed at the end of the clip when I’m beginning to whip away. If you are moving away too slowly, then when you speed it up in post, it will look funny and might not give the same effect. So, if you are unsure, you should try to shoot it again with faster movement in-camera.

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