cutting-rhythm

Make an edit feel flowing, natural and snappy rather than merely accurate — split edits (J/L cuts), where to place a cut relative to speech and motion, how long to hold a shot, collapsing dead air, and cutting on the beat. Use whenever an edit is technically correct but feels choppy, abrupt, draggy, monotone or "AI-edited", when the user asks to tighten/pace/smooth a cut, or before finalizing any multi-clip edit. Complements edl-edit (which is the mechanics of the cut list) with the timing decisions that make it watchable.