DansiDanutz/Video-Editor

Scene Division — from text to shot list

Where scenes break

A new scene starts at every: change of place · change of time · change of who acts · release of withheld information · tonal shift. Never break mid-sentence of narration; move the boundary to the nearest clause.

Per-scene contract (all required)

• narration_excerpt: the exact script words this scene covers (verbatim, no overlap).
• duration: narration seconds, measured not estimated. 4s floor, 12s cap — longer means split.
• IMAGE prompt: shows what the narration does NOT say (narration says "doctors confirmed the problem" → image shows the small boy on the clinic scale, mother's hands on his shoulders). Always include: named subject, era-true wardrobe/props, place, light, emotion on the face, film grade.
• ANIMATION prompt: one camera intention + one world motion. Camera by story function: cold_open=slow push-in · revelation=drift then settle · action=tracking energy · dark moment=static hold, life moves inside frame · finale=rising pull-back. World motion = something alive: dust, breeze in fabric, crowd shimmer, flickering lamp.
• One asset appears ONCE in the film. Re-showing an image reads as cheap.

Visual peaks

Mark 3-5 scenes as peaks (mystery stated, midpoint reversal, dark moment, release). Peaks get: recurring character present, real generated motion (i2v), the longest durations. Non-peaks stay short and lean.