Editing our Thriller Title Sequence - Cutting the shots and adding transitions

We then started to work throughout the footage putting them in the correct order, cutting them, adding transitions and changing the sounds of each clip (making them audible or mute).

We were able to precisely add transitions and effects to the clips to create the title sequence we wanted using the window which gave us exact control over every aspect of the footage, transitions, lighting effects and sounds:

We did face numerous issues with these procedures. Firstly, in some cases the group disagreed on whether to have transitions or simple cuts from one shot to the next. So at the very beginning we used the dissolve transition to create atmosphere and when the characters started to interact and more significant events happened, we used straight cuts to create the illusion of no cameras being present. We used continuity editing. Secondly, once we had a transition is place we struggled to replace it with a different transition. If we deleted a transition the program would automatically delete whatever footage was in the transition. However, there was a wide choice of transitions to choose from and I was able to precisely cut shots using the razor tool, select tool (the "V" key on the keyboard) and the cut tool ("C"):

Choice of transitions:

Cut and select tools:

I was able to precisely edit using these tools as I was able to zoom into the timeline whenever I wished. I could see less of the timeline but in far more detail as it was larger on the screen: