Meaning
A narration pause is a planned or recorded gap in speech that can allow comprehension, emphasis or a visual action.
A practical example
A diagram may need two seconds of silence after a comparison so the viewer can inspect both sides.
What to check
Removing every gap can make an explanation harder to follow. Budget pauses explicitly and avoid counting music-only sections as spoken words.
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Continue: Script planning
- Words to minutes
- Plan a 15-minute video script with an honest timing budget
- Build a documentary outline around questions that can be answered
- Production brief
- Research question
- Documentary thesis
- Estimate script runtime before recording
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