Penggunaan CUT TO:, DISSOLVE TO: dan FADE TO:

Ketiga-tiga CUT TO:, DISSOLVE TO: dan FADE TO: digunakan pada Transition. Kalau diikutkan definisi,

CUT TO: Digunakan secara terus (sharp change). Penggunaan apabila berlaku

• perubahan scene/babak 
• perubahan lokasi, persekitaran dan 
• peralihan emosi character. 
• scene diambil dr end-to-end tanpa image effect
• imej hilang serta merta ke imej yang lain..
• Contoh:

JAKE

(kisses her cheek)

It was really fun.

JANE

(painfully)

It was.

CUT TO:

A TREE LINED MONTECITO LANE - MOVING SHOT - DAY

We are looking THROUGH A WINDSHIELD and listening to a SELF HELP BOOK ON TAPE.

DISSOLVE TO:  Penggunaan apabila berlaku perubahan yang beransur atau secara perlahan seperti beralih ke arah tempat yg berlainan. Biasanya digunakan untuk menunjukkan perjalanan masa.

• imej digambarkan "vanish"/hilang secara perlahan
• terdapat penggunaan image effect..cth; jadi blur.. which, got cost to do it
• Contoh: 

EXT. POOL AREA/BACKYARD - MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT 

Jane lies on a pool chaise, wrapped in a blanket, tissues in hand. She stares up at the night sky and as her eyes flutter shut, we drift off of her... 

DISSOLVE TO: 

EXT. JANE’S POOL/BACKYARD - EARLY MORNING 

CAMERA DRIFTS ACROSS THE POOL TO JANE, asleep on the pool chaise, still wrapped in a blanket. The sprinklers go off and wake Jane. She opens her eyes, looks around, realizes she’s spent the night outside.

FADE TO: Hampir serupa dengan DISSOLVE TO: cuma

• FADE TO: digunakan bermula dengan satu imej/gambaran pegun (still/freeze picture) dan scene/babak kemudiannya timbul menjadi fokus pada skrin
• manakala DISSOLVE TO: pula, terbalik; iaitu, pada permulaan scene/babak seakan hilang pada skrin sementar scene/babak seterusnya menjadi pegun (still).

Sangat mengelirukan utk menggunakan DISSOLVE TO: dan FADE TO: sebab ia lebih kepada teknik utk pengarah filem (mengendalikan effect yg sebagaimana yg sesuai). Jadi, tak perlu pening kepala - try to avoid! Or, else, other people will confuse.

Ada contoh transition yg lain seperti SMASH CUT:, MATCH CUT:, FADE OUT:, WIPE TO:, PAN TO:, QUICK CUT:, TIME TO:, etc. Again, this is just technic; which is terpulang kepada penulis.

In general, penulis skrip hanya menggunakan CUT TO: untuk menunjukan tanda tamat/tukar sesebuah scene/babak. Most scripts yg aku baca/refer, hanya guna CUT TO: at minimum usage je. Meaning, tiada penggunaan "tamat scene" ni pun ok...(sebab ada heading/slugline)

More reading, from Wikipedia "DISSOLVE (filmmaking)"
 Here's from Wikipedia definition..

Use CUT TO: and DISSOLVE TO: from Wikipedia