A reason for every cut

Every cut earns its place with one word in your take log [proven].

The six reasons:

• information: the next shot tells us something new;

• reaction: we need to see someone take it in;

• action continues: the movement carries on in the next shot;

• hit point: a planned moment on the music;

• reveal: the cut shows what was hidden;

• button: the film's last beat.

Keep the reason beside each kept fragment in the take log, with its one job and its in and out points (see Video with Seedance → Take selection and review). A cut without a reason is given one, or removed. Keep the exact length by extending a neighbour inside its usable frames.

Sources

• Higgsfield, Secret Workflow to Make Cinematic AI Commercials (Seedance 2.5) (official); Biff Butler, Work Editorial (LBB); Sean Stender (LBB); Christopher Probst ASC (American Cinematographer).