Scenes and rhythm
Plan across cuts
Objects keep their role from scene to scene; nothing resets at a seam.
Takeaways
- Plan the whole sequence before connecting pairs of scenes.
- A carried object keeps one identity and one role.
- Place the next focal point near where the eye just was.
- A reset is allowed only as a deliberate chapter break.
What it means
When every scene starts from a fresh empty frame, the film restarts every few seconds. Planning motion across the whole sequence means an object introduced in one scene has a destination and a job in the next: it carries the eye, keeps its identity and arrives somewhere expected. A chapter break can still interrupt on purpose.
In a RasanAI film
The score tracks each carried object's role and destination across scene boundaries, and automatic scene resets are treated as a flaw. Velocity just before and after a seam is compared, and a stop-and-restart pair with no reason is flagged. The next focal point is placed with the previous gaze position in mind.
Origins and sources
Practitioners describe a continuous pulse across boards, and film research describes attention-based continuity: viewers follow action across an edit without a fully consistent world map.
Evidence: Single practitioner, and film cognition research.