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Cut the show together.

Five episodes. Four tracks. Every transition, every score swell, every breath of silence — set here before render reads the final cut list.

Storyboard
27 shots
Across 5 episodes · 10m total
Pacing
5.4 cuts/min
Climax breathes at 4
Audio mix
−14 LUFS
Streaming-ready loudness
Now editing
EP04 · climax
8 shots · 7 transitions
Step 01 · Episode cut · 5 episodes · 0 locked · 5 drafting
Step 02 · Edit Bay · EP04

The bridge, on the desktop.

Epic-Codirector · Edit Bay — EP04 / The bridge
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Left 1.005 · −1.00
Right 15.00 · 9090
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A3 Track 1 MS
Morning. Vikram.04
Dialog · Mira
CO Track 2 MS
EP04 · the bridge
LO Audio 0 MS115
Score · Mist Theme
AG Audio 0 MS115
Foley · ambient rain bed
Step 03 · Transitions

Seven cuts between eight shots.

5 hard cuts · 1 dissolve · 1 fade
01 → 02
Hard cut
Establishing into Vikram's entry · no breath between
0f
02 → 03
Hard cut
Vikram's gaze · then his POV · classic eye-line match
0f
03 → 04
Dissolve · 18 frames
POV bleeds into Mira's face — the only soft transition in the show
18f
04 → 05
Hard cut
After "You came." · hold the silence · then the two-shot
0f
05 → 06
Hard cut
Pull from two-shot to the dripping hem · insert hits the rhythm
0f
06 → 07
Hard cut
Drips into Vikram's face · weight transfer · audience reset
0f
07 → 08
Fade to wide · 24 frames
Vikram's close fades back into the empty bridge · Mira gone
24f
08 ▸ EP05
Fade to black · 36 frames
Episode-out cut · resolves into morning of EP05
EP-out
Step 04 · Audio mix · −14 LUFS · streaming-ready
Output: stereo · 48k
DDialogue −10 dB
MScore −18 dB
FFoley · SFX −16 dB
Ambient −22 dB
PRINCIPLES
  • Dialogue lives loud — score never crosses −12 dB during a line
  • Ambient rain stays continuous · cross-fade between locations
  • Score crescendo peaks at the dissolve (03 → 04), then dies
  • Silence is a tool — hold 2s after Mira's line
MASTER OUTPUT
Loudness −14 LUFS · True peak −1 dBTP
Step 05 · Director's notes

Three cuts to revisit.

Shot 04 hold time
at 01:08 · post-dialogue
Open

Try extending Mira's hold to 8s after "You came." The current 6s reads as a beat — we want it to read as an accusation.

Score swell in EP02
at 02:42 · score / dialogue conflict
Open

"Mist Theme" crescendo overlaps Riya's exposition. Score should sit at −22 dB during the file-handover line, then return to −18 dB after.

EP01 → EP02 episode boundary
end of EP01 · cliffhanger pacing
Open

Currently ends on Mira's first appearance (Vikram's apartment). Test a one-frame freeze on her face before cut to black — emphasises the recognition.

Edit snapshot
Cuts
54 total
48 hard · 4 dissolve · 2 fade
Runtime
10:04
+4s for transitions
Audio
−14 LUFS
−1 dBTP true peak
Locked
0 / 5 eps
EP04 closest at 85%
Edit assembly budget
54 cuts · 4 audio tracks · captions · LUFS normalization
36 credits
~ $3.60 · drafted
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