Golden light flatters everything, including clips that do not deserve it. Before finishing credits are spent, watch the clip through three times, with three different questions, at working size.
Three viewings, three questions
First — the character. Counter card beside the screen. Hair, face and signature should hold through the movement; most drift arrives mid-turn.
Second — the joins. Hands entering frame, hair crossing the face, fabric edges, the moment light changes. Transfers strain exactly at joins.
Third — the loop point. Watch the seam five times in a row; the seam is what a viewer’s eye learns fastest.
Then, and only then, finish it
A clip that holds across all three viewings has earned the finishing services. A clip that fails goes back to the still, where character is decided at 6 credits. Judge cheap, finish dear — never the other way round.