[
 {
  "id": "E42-01",
  "sceneIndex": 1,
  "cuts": [
   {
    "beats": [
     1,
     2
    ],
    "seconds": 5,
    "size": "extreme-wide",
    "camera": "Static Shot",
    "characters": [
     "C11"
    ],
    "props": [
     "P02"
    ],
    "frame": "Extreme-wide over the servants compound, a small orphan squats by the waist-high firewood stack beside the worn chopping stone, rhythmically whetting a gleaming cleaver on the sunlit stone block."
   },
   {
    "beats": [
     3,
     4
    ],
    "seconds": 4.9,
    "size": "wide",
    "camera": "Tilt Up",
    "characters": [
     "C11"
    ],
    "props": [
     "P02"
    ],
    "frame": "Wide shot of the small orphan pausing, cleaver in hand, lifting his gaze from the chopping stone to the grey mountain peaks in the northwest while distant new disciples on the stone stands point and laugh."
   }
  ],
  "sound": "Low rhythmic scraping of metal on stone, then stillness and faint distant chatter and laughter from the spectator stands.",
  "music": "N/A"
 },
 {
  "id": "E42-02",
  "sceneIndex": 1,
  "cuts": [
   {
    "beats": [
     5,
     6
    ],
    "seconds": 5.6,
    "size": "wide",
    "camera": "Static Shot",
    "characters": [
     "C11"
    ],
    "props": [
     "P02"
    ],
    "frame": "Wide shot of the grey-tiled servants compound, the worn chopping stone at center hollowed with deep cuts, waist-high stacked firewood around, one apprentice miming a chopping pose and doubling over with laughter, water vat and carrying pole against the wall."
   },
   {
    "beats": [
     7,
     8
    ],
    "seconds": 4.9,
    "size": "medium",
    "camera": "Push In",
    "characters": [
     "C11"
    ],
    "props": [
     "P02"
    ],
    "frame": "Medium shot at the chopping stone, the small ragged orphan lowering his head, grinding the cleaver harder against the hollowed grey stone, firewood stacks and wall blurred behind at waist height."
   },
   {
    "beats": [
     9,
     10
    ],
    "seconds": 4.5,
    "size": "close",
    "camera": "Tilt Up",
    "characters": [
     "C11"
    ],
    "props": [
     "P02"
    ],
    "frame": "Close shot of the cleaver standing upright, its gleaming edge catching bright mountain daylight, the weathered sword-hut door and grey ridge roofs softly blurred in the background."
   }
  ],
  "sound": "Rhythmic scrape of blade on stone, soft axe thuds, distant wind stirring old banners over the dueling platform.",
  "music": "Sparse folk zither and low bamboo flute, steady and wistful."
 },
 {
  "id": "E42-03",
  "sceneIndex": 1,
  "cuts": [
   {
    "beats": [
     11,
     12
    ],
    "seconds": 5,
    "size": "wide",
    "camera": "Static Shot",
    "characters": [
     "C11"
    ],
    "props": [
     "P02"
    ],
    "frame": "Wide shot across the servants compound: a thin ragged orphan stands by the worn chopping stone, stacking a firewood log onto the sunlit stone block, axe lifted overhead."
   },
   {
    "beats": [
     13,
     15
    ],
    "seconds": 5.7,
    "size": "medium",
    "camera": "Static Shot",
    "characters": [
     "C11"
    ],
    "props": [
     "P02"
    ],
    "frame": "Medium shot framing the split log halves and the boy's steady hands: he sets another piece upright on the scarred chopping stone, focus on the polished axe blade and the deep hollow in the stone."
   }
  ],
  "sound": "Axe splits wood with a sharp crack; chopping rhythm echoes across the empty sect yard.",
  "music": "Low, patient traditional zheng plucks under a quiet mountain wind, sparse and steady."
 },
 {
  "id": "E42-04",
  "sceneIndex": 1,
  "cuts": [
   {
    "beats": [
     16,
     17
    ],
    "seconds": 5,
    "size": "extreme-wide",
    "camera": "Static Shot",
    "characters": [
     "C11"
    ],
    "props": [
     "P02"
    ],
    "frame": "Extreme-wide daylight sequence over the grey-tiled ridge roofs as the sun arcs from east to zenith to west across the empty dueling platform and stone-railed stands, the servants compound with the worn chopping stone and stacked firewood centred below."
   },
   {
    "beats": [
     18,
     19
    ],
    "seconds": 4.4,
    "size": "medium",
    "camera": "Static Shot",
    "characters": [
     "C11"
    ],
    "props": [
     "P02"
    ],
    "frame": "Medium shot of a small ragged orphan straightening by the central stone chopping block with its deep-worn hollow, raising the polished firewood cleaver to eye level before the waist-high stacked logs and wall water jar."
   },
   {
    "beats": [
     20,
     21
    ],
    "seconds": 5,
    "size": "wide",
    "camera": "Tracking Shot",
    "characters": [
     "C11"
    ],
    "props": [
     "P02"
    ],
    "frame": "Wide tracking shot as the orphan glances northwest past the three-tier stone-railed stands with old black sword banners, then tucks the sharpened cleaver into his waist while the tasselled sword on his back sways in the wind."
   }
  ],
  "sound": "Chop of steel on whetstone fades into a lone gust rustling banners and the distant sway of a sword tassel.",
  "music": "Subdued erhu with sparse guzheng plucks, holding a quiet expectant warmth as day turns toward dusk."
 },
 {
  "id": "E42-05",
  "sceneIndex": 2,
  "cuts": [
   {
    "beats": [
     1,
     2
    ],
    "seconds": 4.7,
    "size": "wide",
    "camera": "Static Shot",
    "characters": [
     "C02",
     "C06"
    ],
    "props": [
     "P05",
     "P06"
    ],
    "frame": "Wide shot of twin graves behind the mourning hall, a bamboo steamer of hot buns set before a stone tablet, dust motes drifting in warm spring light."
   },
   {
    "beats": [
     3,
     4
    ],
    "seconds": 5.8,
    "size": "medium",
    "camera": "Push In",
    "characters": [
     "C06"
    ],
    "props": [
     "P06"
    ],
    "frame": "Medium shot, a stocky youth crouches at the grave, sleeve wiping ash from the tablet, warm sun on peeling black doors and cobbles nearby."
   }
  ],
  "sound": "Soft steam hiss from the bamboo steamer and the scrape of a sleeve over gravestone grit.",
  "music": "Gentle guzheng plucks with warm woodwind, tender and unhurried."
 },
 {
  "id": "E42-06",
  "sceneIndex": 2,
  "cuts": [
   {
    "beats": [
     5,
     6
    ],
    "seconds": 5.6,
    "size": "wide",
    "camera": "Static Shot",
    "characters": [
     "C06"
    ],
    "props": [],
    "frame": "Wide static shot: the plump youth curses and lays two steamed buns before the next grave, twin plum blossoms drifting past the worn chopping block and stacked firewood."
   },
   {
    "beats": [
     7,
     8
    ],
    "seconds": 4.7,
    "size": "medium",
    "camera": "Push In",
    "characters": [
     "C02",
     "C06"
    ],
    "props": [
     "P05"
    ],
    "frame": "Medium push-in: the beauty nods gently, eyes on the plump youth, then passes him carrying cured meat from the kitchen, peeling black doors with faded white lanterns behind."
   },
   {
    "beats": [
     9,
     10
    ],
    "seconds": 4.7,
    "size": "close",
    "camera": "Static Shot",
    "characters": [
     "C02",
     "C06"
    ],
    "props": [
     "P05"
    ],
    "frame": "Close static shot: the plump youth grins; the beauty nods and hangs cured-meat strips neatly into the kitchen wall niche, dust motes drifting in warm light shafts."
   }
  ],
  "sound": "A muttered curse, buns set down on stone, light footsteps on worn cobbles, and the soft creak of cured meat being hung into the kitchen niche.",
  "music": "Warm low guzheng with soft bamboo flute, unhurried and tender, carrying old grief and quiet fondness."
 },
 {
  "id": "E42-07",
  "sceneIndex": 2,
  "cuts": [
   {
    "beats": [
     11,
     11
    ],
    "seconds": 3.1,
    "size": "extreme-wide",
    "camera": "Static Shot",
    "characters": [
     "C06"
    ],
    "props": [
     "P06"
    ],
    "frame": "Extreme-wide empty market street in spring daylight, warm sun on grey-tiled roofs, storytelling stall under the locust, mourning hall with peeling black doors and twin plum blossoms anchoring the view."
   },
   {
    "beats": [
     12,
     12
    ],
    "seconds": 3.8,
    "size": "medium",
    "camera": "Push In",
    "characters": [
     "C02"
    ],
    "props": [
     "P05"
    ],
    "frame": "Medium shot in the courtyard: dust motes in light shafts over the old wooden cabinet, rusty hinges, hidden board beneath the shelf, peeling black doors behind."
   },
   {
    "beats": [
     13,
     13
    ],
    "seconds": 4.2,
    "size": "wide",
    "camera": "Arc Shot",
    "characters": [
     "C06"
    ],
    "props": [
     "P06"
    ],
    "frame": "Wide shot of the waist-high chopping block scored with cleave marks, stacked pinewood and scattered sawdust, twin plum trees blooming beside the mourning hall in spring sun."
   }
  ],
  "sound": "Spring breeze rustles locust leaves and an old shutter creaks softly.",
  "music": "Warm guzheng and bamboo-flute theme, gentle and wistful, with a faint steamer-hiss undertone."
 },
 {
  "id": "E42-08",
  "sceneIndex": 2,
  "cuts": [
   {
    "beats": [
     14,
     15
    ],
    "seconds": 5,
    "size": "wide",
    "camera": "Tracking Shot",
    "characters": [
     "C02",
     "C06"
    ],
    "props": [
     "P05",
     "P06"
    ],
    "frame": "Wide tracking shot over dappled locust shade on worn cobbles; a figure dusts flour off hands, lifts a bamboo steamer, and turns back toward the mourning hall with peeling black doors and faded white lanterns."
   },
   {
    "beats": [
     16,
     17
    ],
    "seconds": 4.9,
    "size": "medium",
    "camera": "Static Shot",
    "characters": [
     "C06"
    ],
    "props": [
     "P05"
    ],
    "frame": "Medium static shot at the wall gap; a slight figure gently slides the timber door shut, warm spring light streaming past stacked firewood, dust motes drifting, while wind stirs a newly hung scroll by the entrance."
   },
   {
    "beats": [
     18,
     19
    ],
    "seconds": 5,
    "size": "close",
    "camera": "Static Shot",
    "characters": [
     "C06"
    ],
    "props": [
     "P06"
    ],
    "frame": "Close static shot behind the steamed-bun counter: a pudgy figure turns over the ledger page by page to the final leaf, revealing fresh black ink brighter than the older lines, beneath twin plum branches with white and red blossoms."
   }
  ],
  "sound": "Soft spring wind, light creak of a wooden door, rustling paper pages, and faint footsteps on worn cobblestones.",
  "music": "Gentle, warm plucked-string motif evoking late spring sunlight over an old market town."
 },
 {
  "id": "E42-09",
  "sceneIndex": 2,
  "cuts": [
   {
    "beats": [
     20,
     21
    ],
    "seconds": 5.1,
    "size": "close",
    "camera": "Push In",
    "characters": [
     "C06"
    ],
    "props": [
     "P06"
    ],
    "frame": "Close shot, slow push in: flour-dusted fingers resting on the yellowed ledger cover at the worn table, warm sun through drifting dust motes, spring light washing the grey-tiled mourning hall."
   },
   {
    "beats": [
     22,
     22
    ],
    "seconds": 2.5,
    "size": "extreme-close",
    "camera": "Tilt Up",
    "characters": [
     "C06"
    ],
    "props": [
     "P06"
    ],
    "frame": "Extreme close-up: weathered hand snaps the yellowed ledger shut, dust motes scattering, tilt up over the worn cover to crinkled smiling eyes, white hair catching the spring sun."
   }
  ],
  "sound": "The ledger thuds shut, the old baker's gruff curse softens into a low chuckle as dust motes drift in the spring light.",
  "music": "Warm guzheng and flute melody, bittersweet and gentle, swelling softly as the ledger closes."
 }
]