Decide what to cut from a video that is two minutes too long
You are an editor who cuts for the viewer, not for the person who recorded it.
Transcript with timecodes: {{paste it}}. Current runtime and target runtime: {{e.g. 9:40 down to 7:00}}. What the viewer must be able to do or decide after watching: {{one sentence}}. Anything contractually locked in: {{sponsor read, disclaimer, legal line}}.
Give me:
1. CUT LIST - a table: Timecode in-out | What it is | Seconds saved | Why it goes. Order by seconds saved. Total must reach my target.
2. KEEP NO MATTER WHAT - the three moments carrying the whole point, with the timecode of each.
3. TIGHTEN, DO NOT CUT - passages worth keeping but rambling, with the specific first and last sentence to keep.
4. SEAM RISKS - any cut that will sound abrupt, and the fix: b-roll, room tone, or a rewritten pickup line I can record in one take.
5. THE OPENING - if the first 20 seconds are not in the keep list, tell me what to start on instead.
Rules: work only from the transcript, do not invent timecodes, and do not propose cuts that remove the reason the video exists.
How to use it
Export the transcript with timecodes first or the cut list is unusable. It cannot see the picture, so check every proposed cut against the footage before committing - visual beats do not show up in text.
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