BUMP AND SLIDE

When we look at the straight and diagonal transitions in terms of the dynamic pairs in a quad, we begin to get a "feel" for how smooth or jarring the transition might be.

As was mentioned earlier, the components of a dynamic pair are designed as two ends of a spectrum. The nature of the spectrum is quad content specific. The components of the co-dynamic pair represent a related but different spectrum. Because of this difference, transitioning from a component in one dynamic pair to a component of the co-dynamic pair is more noticeable than transitioning between two components within a dynamic pair.

Straight transitions, which move from a component of one dynamic pair to a component of the co-dynamic pair, are relatively noticeable. We describe this transition as a "bump."

Diagonal transitions, which move from one component of a dynamic pair to the other, are relatively smooth. We describe this transition as a "slide."

We can exaggerate our illustration of the bump and slide transitions by making one dynamic pair white and the other black. The bump transition shown in example 8A shows how Act 1 is in the white dynamic pair which moves horizontally to Act 2 in the black dynamic pair. The slide transition shown in example 8B shows how Act 1 is in the white dynamic pair which moves diagonally to Act 2 which is also in the white dynamic pair.

Example 8A	Example 8B
"Bump" transition	"Slide" transition