Transition

Now finishing the animating of my sequence, I am considering transition between each of the scenes. SO I decided to watch a video "The Basics of Motion Design" (found here: http://vimeo.com/album/2270016/video/7440725 )

I learnt that transitions are used to switch from a scene to another one.
Dissolving to black means that a long amount of time passes between scenes.
Cut transition means that scenes are consecutive without time gaps
Cross transition means that the time of the second scene is the end of the current action.

Anime also uses these principles-
Naruto Shippuden (Movie Trailer)-

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LDHxfKZMpw

In this clip a sense of what is past and what is present is created instantly through the changing in types of transition. The scenes that fade to black indicates a past event or a jump in the time of scenes displayed. The cut transition is used to depict a quick jump where no time gaps have intervened or quick action is taking place. The cross transition is displayed when the first scene is a step to the second, mostly when zooming or analysing the important elements of the story in this case.