Director Chair
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Jump cut between sentences of the same take, the framing unchanged, the pause between them removed.

Transitions

Jump cut

Takes the dead air out of one take; the speaker sounds quick and unpolished in a way viewers trust.

Use when
Face cam, between sentences of the same take.

Prompt instructions

Scene: [your subject] in [your setting]. Shot 1 (0:00 to 0:05): one continuous shot. Cut: jump cut between sentences of the same take, the framing unchanged, the pause between them removed

Seedance 2.5 reads labelled blocks with timecodes.

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Sources

Definition from Director Chair field notes on reading published videos; use from the Director Chair script structure notes Checked 2026-11-13.

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