Need a bit of help with this directing problem:

I wanted to know if someone can give me some feedback on how to fix this! I’ve been working on this small problem for a while now and I just can’t seem to fix it. There’s random pauses in the scene that just don’t look right. For example, before @LENNON speaks, there’s a slight random pause and immediately after he speaks, there’s at least a 3 second pause before the @zoom begins.
I’m still fairly new to this so, the problem could be right under my nose and I still wouldn’t know how to fix it. Thanks in advance.

Here’s the script for the scene I’m referring to:

@transition fade out black
EXT. DUTCH COLONIAL HOME - NIGHT with CAR SIDE PURPLE
@overlay CAR SIDE PURPLE scales to 0.501 0.501
@overlay CAR SIDE PURPLE shifts to -344 16 in zone 1 in 0
@zoom on 299 194 to 399% in 0
@add Red Cup to LENNON
@add Red Cup to KIKIY
@MARK spot 0.389 326 311 in zone 1 at layer 0
@LENNON spot 0.389 271 281 in zone 1 at layer 0
@KIKIY spot 0.455 148 257 in zone 1 at layer 0
@JENNIFER spot 0.455 86 258 in zone 1 at layer 0
@JENNIFER faces right
@CHER spot 0.624 56 83 in zone 1 at layer 1
@CHER faces right
@SERGIA spot 0.545 127 119 in zone 1 at layer 1
@SERGIA faces right
@MARK is idle_fallen
@LENNON is drink
@KIKIY is idle_hold_drink
@JENNIFER is talk_excited
@speechbubble is 96 218 to 85% with tail_top_right
LENNON (talk_neutral)
Look who just arrived…
@overlay CAR SIDE PURPLE shifts to 15 -3 in zone 1 in 1
@overlay CAR SIDE PURPLE scales to 0.501 0.501
@zoom on 252 185 to 110% in 3
@LENNON is laugh_chuckle

(Maybe if you plug this into your script, you’d see what I mean. I recommend doing this just in case I didn’t explain it good enough. ) @Apes @Dara.Amarie or anyone really who’s willing to help!

&MARK spot 0.389 326 311 in zone 1 at layer 0 AND MARK is idle_fallen
&LENNON spot 0.389 271 281 in zone 1 at layer 0 AND LENNON is drink
&KIKIY spot 0.455 148 257 in zone 1 at layer 0 AND KIKIY is idle_hold _drink
&JENNIFER spot 0.455 86 258 in zone 1 at layer 0 AND JENNIFER faces right AND JENNIFER is talk_excited
&CHER spot 0.624 56 83 in zone 1 at layer 1 AND CHER faces right
&SERGIA spot 0.545 127 119 in zone 1 at layer 1 AND SERGIA faces right
@speechbubble is 96 218 to 85% with tail_top_right
LENNON (talk_neutral)
Look who just arrived…
&overlay CAR SIDE PURPLE shifts to 15 -3 in zone 1 in 1
&overlay CAR SIDE PURPLE scales to 0.501 0.501
@zoom on 252 185 to 110% in 3
@LENNON is laugh_chuckle

Try this! Lemme know if there’s any more problems!
Because you used the @ command there will be pauses. Using the & allows things to happen simultaneously :slight_smile:

I swear to God, you just saved me a bunch! I’ve been trying to figure out the problem since last night and, thanks to you, the scene finally looks right. You also just taught me something I didn’t know before. For example, I didn’t know with the @ command that there would be pauses but, with the & command, it makes everything happen simultaneously. So for that, thank you! :slight_smile:

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You are most welcome! Glad everything worked :kissing_heart:

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