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It is often aknowledged that using a wipe, rather than a simple cut or dissolve is a stylistic choice that inherently makes the audience more "aware" of the film as a film, rather than a story. For example, George Lucas is famous for the sweeping use of Wipes in his Star Wars films, which help evoke a kinship to old serialized pulp sci-fi novels and serials.
Wipes also can be used as syntactic tools, but are often frowned on. Some examples are the star wipe, heart wipe, matrix wipe, and clock wipe.
Film techniques