Cut The Curve
The technique catalog: five velocity-matched SEAMS (zoom-through, INVERSE zoom-through, cut-the-curve, waterfall cut, rack-focus blur-cut) plus the…
By edenfunf/reelmimic, MIT licence. Shared here with credit.
Cut the Curve — the technique catalog
Five SEAM techniques, one principle: cut at peak velocity, match direction and speed
on both sides of the cut — plus the two in-scene techniques (§6 arrivals, §7 slides).
The seam LAW — vector law, the current, the ledger, the Seam Gate — lives in
motion-doctrine; read it first. This skill is the parameters and mechanics.
All GSAP code templates (worker + registry): examples/gsap-implementation.md.
Catalog
| # | Technique | Scope | Axis | Use for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zoom-Through (forward) | Within-scene text swap | Z, toward viewer | progressing deeper into the same thought |
| 2 | Inverse Zoom-Through | Arrival / payoff beat | Z, away from viewer | something bigger lands |
| 3 | Cut the Curve | Between scenes | X / Y | the default boundary, the film's current |
| 4 | Waterfall Cut | Text-to-text seam | X, per-word | word-level handoff between big-text beats |
| 5 | Rack-Focus Blur-Cut | Same-surface state swap | X / Y / Z | the one cut you want SEEN — a DSLR focus-pull flourish |
| 6 | Waterfall Entry | In-scene ARRIVAL (no seam) | Y, from below | title cards, segment openers, list intros |
| 7 | Nudge Curve | In-scene group slide (no seam) | X / Y | repositioning a composed group to make room |