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The Three-Way Standoff

The winning edit for The Three-Way Standoff, reel 5.

Three gunmen fire in turn. Watch the order.

Walkthrough

The Three-Way Standoff: the take as written, the edit, the print

What the clip shows

  • 0.2 s On beat 4 she steps right into a flying bolt.
  • 4.3 s Reverse beats 4 to 6: she waits, then steps after the bolts.

Getting there

Reel 5, Set Pieces: Fine, Poor, Plain: The Three-Way Standoff.

What is wrong

As written, the take fails on beat 4.

The Director's briefing warns her: Maelis, as written, a bolt finds you.

She answers: Do I get a cushion?

What you can work

Tools
CUT ×1 · REPEAT ×1 · REVERSE ×1
Edits allowed
2
Film length
10 beats

Solution

A nudge

It breaks on beat 4. REVERSE beats 4 to 6.

The full solution
  1. REVERSE beats 4 to 6
  2. Action!
    She reaches the X on beat 9.

Other ways that work

The scene has 14 ways to print it, counted by the game's own solver.

  • CUT beat 3, then REVERSE beats 3 to 5
  • CUT beats 3 to 4, then REPEAT beat 2
  • CUT beats 3 to 6, then REPEAT beats 1 to 2
  • CUT beats 3 to 7, then REPEAT beats 1 to 4

Watch for

  • Edits star: 1 edit or fewer.
  • Early star: the X by beat 6.
  • Films loop: a win on a later lap is a long take, printed without those two stars.