Why shots are the basic unit
A shot is the smallest unit that an editor works with. Scenes, chapters, templates, and style metrics such as the average shot length all start from shot boundaries.
Types of transition
- Hard cut. The picture changes in one frame.
- Fade. The picture goes to or from a solid colour.
- Dissolve. Two shots blend over several frames.
Video Context detects shots as the first step of every analysis. See templates and style transfer.