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# Cut List and Subtitles Everything produced here is already in the script. This instruction translates it into the order used when working in the editing program. To have the cut executed instead of described, use /remotion-cut in Claude Code — it consumes this cut list directly. ## Procedure 1. Read in the script. If only the video file is available, ask for the matching script – without a script this instruction doesn't apply. 2. **Ask what hasn't been decided – before cutting, not after.** Color, size, and position of subtitles are brand decisions, not cutting decisions. If a value is in neither the prompt nor the visual-style file, ask for it instead of guessing: a wrongly guessed color costs a whole render pass and a round of review. 3. Put the beats in cutting order. That's usually the script order, with one important exception: if a later beat has a stronger image than the hook, suggest moving it up as a cold open – as a suggestion, not a unilateral move. 4. For each beat, mark the **cut point in the spoken text**: the last word before the cut. That's what you actually search for while editing. 5. Give the overlays from the TEXT fields timestamps. 6. Generate the subtitle correction template (see below). ## Selecting Takes In the raw footage, every sentence appears multiple times. The selection is the actual cut — after that, the ordering is just craft. **With multiple attempts at the same sentence, the rule is: the last complete take.** People repe