Match cut into dream sequence

In my film opening about Henry Flagler one of the problems I faced was creating a smooth transition between Henry Flagler's reality and his dream. I wanted to do something that did not just look great but also immersed the viewer into the opening. The scene begins with Henry Flagler on a train, thinking. Then, the film cuts to a dream sequence of the Everglades. I still needed to create a transition that would fit well. I decided to do a match cut from the cover of the book that Henry Flagler was holding to the shot of Henry Flagler standing in front of the everglades. This transition felt perfect as his ideas are coming from the pages. Henry Flagler was a visionary as the title of my opening suggests. Therefor I wanted the audience to feel as they are entering Henry Flagler's mind. The match cut ended up working really well and made the dream sequence tie into the story. It was a fun way to show Flagler’s ideas coming to life, and Im really happy with how it turned out. Check it out.