That’s a really good point about video compression degrading transitions, and it follows that the blocky compression effects will (and have[1]) been used intent

That’s a really good point about video compression degrading transitions, and it follows that the blocky compression effects will (and have[1]) been used intentionally to move between shots. The recently ‘memeified’ Godfather dissolve[2] between mustache and tree feels a lot like the no-key frame video codec transition in how the portions that move grab my attention first. [1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compression_artifact#Artistic_use https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compression_artifact#Artistic_... [2]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6pg9JbmGqM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6pg9JbmGqM