Wipe

A wipe is a transition effect in which one image is replaced by another with a boundary edge that moves in a selected pattern across the frame. It can be shown as a bar, checkers, clock etc...

Wipes are good for changing location or viewpoint or to show a passage of time.

At 0:11 a wipe is used indicating a passage of time has occurred as he is first stood alone, then after the wipe there is a second person standing there. This used just the simple wipe transition to send a simple message. The length of a wipe can change the pace of the scene, in the clip it was a slow wipe to fit with the slow pace, if it had of been quicker you would have expected the pace to speed up too.

Wipes are most famous for the star wars film with George Lucas using many different ones throughout the films.

Above is a short example of one of them used to show the change in location. The length of the transition and the music fit well as the music fades out as the transition is complete it gives the scene a slower pace as no action is happening unlike on the death star.
Apart from the star wars films wipes don’t tend to be used in modern films and were more popular in the 1930s/1040s.