If you can, use a shooting platform with wheels for the truck and dolly shots whenever you're on a smooth surface. The pan and tilt shots work best with your camcorder on a tripod. Cuts versus transitions. N S Transitions are important for maintaining continuity between shots. Cuts and transitions are different, although they both transport the viewer from one shot to the next.
Cuts are abrupt changes between or within shots.
Transitions are flowing interludes between shots that show the viewer something has changed such as time or emotion in a less jarring fashion. Similar to chapters in a book, a fade works using a black screen to indicate the change. Fade down fades a picture to black, while fade up fades a black screen to a picture. If your camcorder doesn t have a fade function button, use the iris. Close your iris manually to fade to black.