dream enter transition

[chuckles]

I have several ideas for a funny dream-entering transition.... I'd love to hear what options you guys could come up with! If you have any examples, that would really be awesome too.

Basically a guy falls asleep at boring work and in his dream he wakes up in the same place/position, only everything going on around him is crazy and hilarious.

Ideas/suggestions? I'm looking for everything from cheesy to cool.

 

[polfilmblog]

If this is a silly comedy, then anything goes.

Unfortunately, the idea seems to lack that thing... what do they call it?

Oh yeah.

A story.

 

[clang]

The classic transition for entering a dream sequence is the wavy wobbly lines blurry transition, often with a sound effect like a harp scale (don't ask me why)

Or forget the transition itself (or do something really simple like a fade to white) then differentiate the dream shots with a different exposure/contrast/whatever look, which also helps the audience remember whether they're in the dream or reality.

 

[chuckles]

If this is a silly comedy, then anything goes.

Unfortunately, the idea seems to lack that thing... what do they call it?

Oh yeah.

A story.

... kinda confused as to what you mean by the idea lacking a story... when I didn't even explain the entire scene. I thought this forum was a place where people helped each other not a place for caddy trolling.

 

[chuckles]

The classic transition for entering a dream sequence is the wavy wobbly lines blurry transition, often with a sound effect like a harp scale (don't ask me why)

Or forget the transition itself (or do something really simple like a fade to white) then differentiate the dream shots with a different exposure/contrast/whatever look, which also helps the audience remember whether they're in the dream or reality.

Thanks mate. I actually did EXACTLY your first suggestion before reading this. It's working well, but I think I need to do a different color grade in the dream sequence to help distinguish.

Thanks again
-Chuck

 

[clang]

Yeah, a different 'look' can be as simple as going black and white, or sepia, or just fiddling with the brightness and contrast. Remember sound too - adding a different ambient background sound to the dream sequence can both help the dreamlike atmosphere and also differentiate the shots from the 'real world' shots.