Because we have decided to use the edit fade in and out quite a lot in our title sequence I researched on the definition for fade in and fade out so we could get a better understanding of the shot types. We have used these shots where the clock is overlapping the people in the background. Also where the writing fades in and out of each shot.

Fade in:  A gradual increase in the visibility of an image or the audibility of a sound

Fade out:  the gradual disappearance of an image or sound

Dissolve: a gradual merging of the end of one shot and the beginning of another produced by the superimposition of a fade out onto a fade in of equal length.