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Best Chapters Handbook

  1. The first chapter must begin at 00:00:00.000.
  2. If the video begins with a Studio/Logo Bumper, then that must be the first chapter, with the proceeding Intro, Opening Credits, Flashback, "Last Episode...", e.t.c, should then be the next chapter and so on.
  3. The last chapter must begin at the very first non-black frame of Ending Credits text. If the first Credit text consistently and intentionally begins some time after the Ending Credits sequence begins, then the last chapter must begin at the very first non-black frame of the Ending Credits sequence.
  4. All Chapters there-after must begin at the very first non-black frame of Scene B on Scene A to Scene B transitions. This must be the case regardless if its a jump-cut, fade/wipe/dissolve transition, or a black-frame intersection.

Essentially, no Chapter should begin on an absolutely black frame where none of the actual content can be seen at any brightness level. You are aiming for the Chapter to begin at the first non-black frame of the new Act/Sequence of story.

Most 30-minute media is a 3-act storyline, therefore you should aim for 5 Chapters. The Opening Credits, Act 1, Act 2, Act 3, and the Ending Credits. Although it may be 4 if the episode does not have Opening Credits.

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