Jump Cut and Pacing

Treat pacing as editorial direction, not automatic silence deletion.

The goal is to remove dead air while preserving breath, thought, emphasis, and the speaker's physical continuity. A fast cut is not automatically a better cut.

Decision gate

Use this skill when the source is mainly a presenter or interview and the editing problem is cadence.

Do not use it as the main solution when:

• pauses are intentional dramatic beats
• the source depends on performance timing, comedy, or music sync
• a cut would remove a breath needed for intelligibility
• the reference uses continuous camera movement rather than editorial punch-ins
• the speaker already changes framing naturally between cameras

When uncertain, preserve the pause and flag it for review.