Camera moves & transitions, part 2 · #19

Fade to black

The picture darkens to black. The whole picture sinks to black, and the next scene brightens out of the black.

Transitions & Editingfade to blackfade outfade inblackendingtransition

Full motion specification

How the movement works

For a chapter break, a long passage of time, or the end of a story.

01Fade out: from 1.4 s to 2.6 s (1.2 s) black (rgb(20,20,24)) is laid over the outgoing picture with opacity 0 → 100%, quadratic ease-in-out (about cubic-bezier(0.45,0,0.55,1))
02Black: fully black from 2.6 s to 3.1 s; at 2.9 s the incoming picture is swapped in unseen, with a straight cut
03Fade in: from 3.1 s to 4.3 s (1.2 s) the black goes from 100% → 0 with the same easing
04Camera: fixed in both pictures (A at height 1.4 m; B at height 1.6 m, pitch +0.1 rad); the subjects do not move either
05Alternates A→B and B→A every 4.7 s (9.4 s for the round trip); top-right readout shows "FADE OUT" / "FADE IN"; the viewfinder marks stay over the black

Prompt

End the scene with a 1-second fade to black, then fade in from black.