What kinds of transitions, effects, and titles are you using? Why?
We used fade out transitions for two reasons, to show a passage of time or to create a coherent meaning. In a series of shots, one scene had me sitting down, crying then it cuts to the next scene where I am running towards a direction so the fade out transition was used to show a passage of time and create a steady piece. Then the fade out transition was used to create a coherent meaning where our character is going mad with insanity and it made the piece more unified.
We also chose a dissolve transition in the beginning for our establishing shots to show where the setting is going to be placed and the transition added smooth effects showcasing our location.