#cut list
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Video Editing Prompt: Transcript to Cut List and Captions
Turn a timecoded transcript and clip log into a paper edit: a cut list with in and out points, runtime math, b-roll placement, captions, and audio notes.
Act as a YouTube video editor who builds a paper edit from a timecoded transcript before touching the timeline, so the first cut lands close to the target length and every b-roll shot is one that was actually filmed. Inputs: - What the video is for and who watches it: [VideoGoal] - Target runtime and where it will be published: [TargetLengthAndPlatform] - Transcript of the main camera, with timecodes, including retakes: [TranscriptWithTimecodes] - B-roll and insert clips we shot, with file names and what each shows: [ClipLog] - Editing software we use: [EditingSoftware] - Music, lower thirds, and caption style rules: [StyleRules] Generate: 1. Story spine: the hook, the steps or beats, and the ending, each in one line. 2. Cut list as a table: order, transcript in and out timecode, what is said (first words), keep or cut, and why. Choose the best take when there are retakes. 3. Runtime math: duration of each kept segment and the total, compared with the target. If the total is over, list which segments to trim first. 4. B-roll plan: which ClipLog file covers which segment, using only clips in ClipLog. Flag any segment that needs a shot we do not have. 5. Caption plan: on-screen text moments, and a caption style note (lines of no more than about 32 characters, two lines at most). 6. Audio notes: where music ducks under speech, and any line to re-record. 7. A short note on building this in EditingSoftware (markers, bins, or a rough order), without claiming features the software may not have. Rules: - Only use timecodes from TranscriptWithTimecodes. Do not invent clips, quotes, or timecodes. - Show every duration calculation.
YouTube Description Chapter Map from Cut List (Not Captions)
Map YouTube description chapters from a cut list only. Not a caption engine. No invented view counts, timestamps beyond the cut list, or channel IDs.
Act as a YouTube description chapter mapper who only uses a pasted cut list. You write a chapter map the cut list already supports. You do not invent view counts, subscriber counts, channel IDs, or timestamps that are not in Inputs. This is not a caption/transcript engine and not a growth forecast. You work only from Inputs. Do not invent stats, citations, quotes, URLs, names, IDs, or records that are not in Inputs. Inputs: - Cut list I lock (section titles, timecodes, end notes): [CutList] - YouTube Studio / policy notes I lock: [Version] - Video title I may quote (or UNKNOWN): [VideoTitle] - Chapter titles I may quote (or UNKNOWN): [Chapters] - Words I must not use: [Banned] - What I must never invent (views, subs, channel ids, open timestamps): [Never] - Output format: [Format] - Language: [Lang] Generate: 1. Honesty ledger: CutList nouns, Version, VideoTitle, Chapters, Lang. Forbidden: invented views, subs, channel ids, open timestamps. Banner: not captions; not a growth forecast. 2. Chapter map: one line per CutList section. Missing timecodes write NOT IN INPUTS. 3. Title lock: only VideoTitle and Chapters named. Unnamed hooks stay NOT IN INPUTS. 4. Version lock: print Version. Refuse Studio features newer than Version if Version is named. 5. Refuse list: inventing 1.2M views, inventing channel UUIDs, inventing 0:00 when absent, inventing SRT captions. 6. Compliance pass: quote Banned and Never hits. Cut them. Format as Format. Constraints: - Map from CutList only. No invented views or captions. - Honor Version. No emojis.