Track Matte Reveal

A growing or shrinking star-shaped mask carries the next shot in.

This is for a motion graphics video. Join two shots in [scene] with a "Star Wipe" (also called a shape wipe, or a heart wipe when the shape is a heart): a star-shaped opening grows from the middle of the frame and brings the next shot in through it.
Keep the edge of the star crisp and both shots still, and let the shape grow until it clears every corner — unlike an iris wipe, the opening is a recognizable shape rather than a circle.
Run the transition over [duration], starting slowly so the shape reads before it fills the frame.

Footage is degraded to look like a worn video tape: horizontal scanlines, color bleed, noise and jittering tracking, usually in a 4:3 frame.

This is for a motion graphics video. Give [scene] a "VHS Look" (also called a VHS effect or analog tape look): degrade the footage so it plays like a worn video tape.
Layer the tape artifacts together — fine horizontal scanlines, colour bleeding softly to one side, speckled tape noise, and a tracking error that drags a band of the picture sideways while the whole frame jitters. It is a constant texture over the entire shot, not a momentary break like a glitch.
Hold it for the full [duration], and crop to the squarer frame of an old television if the layout allows.

The image repeatedly re-captures itself, creating swirling, infinitely receding tunnels like facing mirrors.

This is for a motion graphics video. Apply "Video Feedback" (also called a feedback loop) to [scene]: the picture re-captures itself, so a smaller copy of the whole frame sits inside the frame, another inside that, and so on, receding like facing mirrors.
Each copy should lag a beat behind the one around it and be turned slightly, so any movement ripples inward and the tunnel swirls — trailing copies of the moving subject alone would be an echo.
Let the tunnel build and twist over [duration].

Bars, lines or shapes move in time with the loudness and frequency of a sound track.

This is for a motion graphics video. Add an "Audio-Reactive Visualizer" (also called an audio visualizer, music visualizer, audio spectrum or waveform animation) to [scene]: bars, lines or shapes that move in time with the sound track.
Drive the motion from the audio itself — louder moments push the shapes further and different frequencies move different parts — so every beat lands as a visible jump and quiet passages settle down; an equalizer that just pulses on a fixed rhythm is not reacting to anything.
Keep it running for [duration], with a quick rise on each hit and a slower fall after it.