The four themes.
A theme is a brief for AI Cut, not a filter laid over the picture. It changes what the cut reaches for. It never changes the length of the reel.
Last updated 4 September 2026
What a theme actually changes
It tells AI Cut what to favour when it chooses between shots that both fit the phrase — narrative shape, chronological order, faces, or movement. It does not grade the picture, add effects, or alter the runtime. The music bed still decides how long the film is.
Picking the wrong one is cheap to undo
If the pace is wrong, cut again with a different theme. That is a second AI Cut, quoted before it runs, on footage already analysed — you do not pay to analyse the shoot twice. Most editors settle it on the first or second attempt.
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- Cinematic Story theme — One of four briefs in the shipping app. Narrative shape. Act and scene changes get a transition; cuts inside a scene stay hard.
- Documentary theme — The brief for couples who will notice if the baraat follows the pheras. Same editor, same song, a different instruction to AI Cut.
- Emotional theme — The brief that favours people. Use it when the film should still work with the sound off.
- Energetic theme — The brief for sangeet, reception floors, baraats. Fast cuts. A poor choice for vows.