Whip pan transition
A cut hidden inside a fast, motion-blurred camera swipe so one shot seems to whip directly into the next.
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What it is
A whip pan transition hides a cut inside the heavy motion blur from a very fast camera pan. Shot A whips out, shot B whips in from the same direction, and the editor cuts where both frames contain the least recognizable detail. It can be captured in camera or built by pushing two shots rapidly across the frame.
Reach for it when a location jump, time jump, or reveal should carry momentum. Edgar Wright uses whip pans as percussion all through Hot Fuzz, snapping between paperwork and pub in a few frames, but the move also works quietly when the camera movement is motivated by a character turning to look.
Gotcha: direction and speed must agree across the cut. A leftward blur meeting a rightward blur feels like a collision, and a clean sharp frame at the edit exposes the trick. Match exposure and dominant color too, since motion blur will not hide a sudden white-to-black flash.
Ask AI for it
Build a left-to-right whip pan transition in Adobe Premiere Pro with the Transform effect. Over the final 6 frames of shot A, keyframe Position so the image exits right; over the first 6 frames of shot B, continue the same direction and settle into place. Uncheck Transform's Use Composition's Shutter Angle checkbox and set Shutter Angle to 270 degrees, ease both moves sharply, and place the cut on the frame with maximum blur. Match scale, exposure, and the speed of the streaks across the edit.