// WORKSHEET · LESSON 06 OF 07

Cut for Feeling

Find the cut point by where the feeling lands, then check rhythm, juxtaposition, sound, and music against it.

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01THE CUT

Scene

Where does the feeling land?

That is your cut point. Not where the scene ends. Where the feeling lands.

02RHYTHM

Too much pressure exhausts. Too much release bores. The rhythm should alternate.

Where is the pressure?

Where is the release?

Name one contrast pair you are using

Fast then slow. Tight then wide. Loud then silent.

03JUXTAPOSITION

Place two images together and let the meaning emerge. Do not explain it. The audience is a collaborator.

Image A

Image B

What meaning emerges that you never state out loud?

04SOUND

Sound design should be doing narrative work without the audience noticing.

What is the sound design doing beneath conscious awareness?

Typing speed. Ambient noise. The presence or absence of a sound.

Where is there deliberate silence?

05MUSIC

Lock music before editing, not after. Music determines pacing, so it should inform the cut.

Locked track

The music was chosen before the edit started.

Approach

Why that approach for this story?

If music is leading, give it space. If it is supporting, keep it subtle.

Built from the Playbook’s Edit Bay Checklist and the Pick Your Music Pre Your Edit section.

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