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The Lightning Plug

The winning edit for The Lightning Plug, reel 4.

Reach the cable, then be on the plug when it strikes.

Walkthrough

The Lightning Plug: the take as written, the edit, the print

What the clip shows

  • 0.1 s Beat 12: the stagehand blocks her way.
  • 4.2 s CUT beats 5 and 6, then REPEAT beats 10 to 13.

Getting there

Reel 4, Keys and Arrows: Onward Into Yesterday: The Lightning Plug.

What is wrong

As written, the take fails on beat 12.

The Director's briefing warns her: Now Maelis, beat 12 is it: Tumble gets you.

She answers: Yes, boss!

What you can work

Tools
CUT ×1 · REPEAT ×1 · REVERSE ×1 · HOLD ×1
Edits allowed
3
Film length
16 beats

Solution

A nudge

It breaks on beat 12. CUT beats 5 to 6.

The full solution

Two edits: CUT first, then REPEAT.

  1. CUT beats 5 to 6
  2. REPEAT beats 10 to 13
    On the strip as the first edit left it.
  3. Action!
    She reaches the X on beat 15.

Other ways that work

The scene has 33 ways to print it, counted by the game's own solver.

  • CUT beats 6 to 11, then REPEAT beats 2 to 9
  • CUT beats 7 to 11, then REPEAT beats 3 to 10
  • CUT beat 8, then REPEAT beats 6 to 9
  • CUT beats 9 to 10, then REPEAT beats 10 to 13

Watch for

  • Edits star: 2 edits or fewer.
  • Early star: a take of 15 beats or fewer.
  • Films loop: a win on a later lap is a long take, printed without those two stars.