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J cut: her answer starts under the last second of his shot, then the picture cuts to her. L cut: his voice runs on over her listening face.

Transitions

J cut and L cut

Sound and picture change at different moments, so a cut feels like a conversation and not a switch.

Use when: Dialogue, interviews, voice-over that leads into the next scene.

Prompt instructions

Scene: [your subject] in [your setting]. Shot 1 (0:00 to 0:05): one continuous shot. Cut: J cut: her answer starts under the last second of his shot, then the picture cuts to her. L cut: his voice runs on over her listening face

Seedance 2.5 reads labelled blocks with timecodes.

SubjectSetting

Watch out

An automatic word-based edit makes straight cuts only; our editor cuts every segment straight with an 8 millisecond audio fade and lists J and L cuts as not done.practitioner: Director Chair field notes on editing

Both people in a dialogue feel alive.

The listener acts tooPrompt

Timing that feels live: people react like people, not like a chorus.

Reactions arrive latePrompt

Sources

Definitions from Director Chair field notes on reading published videos Checked 2026-11-13.

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