If your shot must move forward through something (not just toward it), use a Flythrough Transition.
Camera moves continuously through an object, opening, or environment - passing “through” solid space into another scene, location, or void - maintaining directional motion and visual flow.
A Flythrough Transition is a smooth forward move where the camera looks like it passes through something and ends up in a new place.
It’s not just a cut. It creates the look of an ongoing trip, like a visual wormhole from one scene to the next.
It’s usually done with CGI, VFX, or AI to fake a space link that wouldn’t work in real life.
In AI prompts it means the camera moves forward and goes through a portal-like moment. Could be a mouth, window, keyhole, painting, or light tunnel. It links two different areas.
Famous live-action parallels:
Fight Club (1999) — camera flies through a garbage can and up to a building.
The Great Gatsby (2013) — digital flythroughs across cityscape into party interiors.
Doctor Strange (2016) — flythroughs into mirror dimensions.
Being John Malkovich (1999) — into the mouth and down the tunnel.
Subject & Background Behaviour
Subject: Becomes entry-point (expands or parts as camera nears).
Background: Transforms, dissolves, or morphs into new space.
Camera: Maintains unbroken forward momentum through both scenes.
Don’t-Confuse-With
Push-In / Dolly In - Moves toward a subject but stops at the surface.
Match Cut / Crossfade - No spatial continuity; Flythrough keeps apparent motion.
Zoom Transition - Changes focal length, not actual camera position.
Wipe / Morph Transition - Stylized overlay, lacks spatial directionality.
| Effect Type | composite |
|---|---|
| Related Effects | Motion blur |
| Used in Contexts | dreamlike, reveal, narrative emphasis, stylized sequence |
| Effect Styles | stylized, realistic, dreamlike, experimental, high-impact |
