Suppose your US Short tells viewers to check a local heat alert before filming outdoors. The script says “enter your ZIP code at weather.gov.” A UK viewer understands every word, but cannot follow that instruction for their area. Replacing ZIP with postcode would still leave the wrong service on screen. The UK cut shows how to check the Met Office warning map for that area; it does not imply that a UK weather warning always exists when the US issues a heat alert.
We made two original, silent 22-second graphic cuts to show the edit. They use the same four-beat structure. They do not display a current warning, predict the weather, or show a ShortsFast video. Use the linked public services for any real decision.
Watch the two illustrative cuts
The US cut points to a National Weather Service local forecast and any applicable heat alert. The UK cut points to Met Office UK weather warnings. Neither video copies a live alert or claims one is active.
US version: city and state or ZIP → local forecast → alert time and instructions.
UK version: UK warning map → affected area → warning time and likely impacts.
What changed between the cuts
| Element | US cut | UK cut | Why edit it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Official source | National Weather Service | Met Office | A source for one country cannot verify the other country's local warning. |
| Location step | City and state or ZIP | Find the affected UK area on the warning map | The reader needs an action available on the linked page. |
| On-screen term | Local heat alert | UK weather warning | The alert systems have different labels and must be read on their own terms. |
| Decision | Read valid time and local instructions | Read valid time, affected area and likely impacts | The viewer needs the current details before choosing a shoot time. |
| Final link | weather.gov | weather.metoffice.gov.uk | The last card must lead to the correct live source. |
No temperature or severity threshold appears in either cut. An editor who adds a number needs a dated local source and the correct measure; a Fahrenheit-to-Celsius conversion cannot turn a US alert into a UK warning. The Met Office warning guide explains its impact-based warning levels. Read the actual warning text rather than mapping a US label to a UK colour.
Make the edit on your own Short
- Write the one action the viewer should take. In our example: check the current warning for the place and time of an outdoor shoot.
- Mark every line that assumes a country: source, location input, units, policy, price, rights, place names and final link. Leave shared lines alone.
- Open the current official UK source. Rewrite the action to match what that page lets a reader do. If the page is a map, do not promise a postcode box.
- Replace visuals with an original UK example or a dated, permitted capture. Our cards are diagrams, not screenshots of a live warning.
- Export both cuts. Watch the exact UK file at phone width: source label, prompt, claim and final domain must remain legible. Open every link from the article or upload description.
Keep the common video when the task truly works in both countries. Make a local cut when the viewer's source or action changes. That decision is separate from adding captions or deciding whether two languages need separate channels. One English channel can still need two examples.
These test files show how to make the edit. We have no audience-retention or distribution result for either cut. After publishing a real pair, compare country-level reach and the viewer actions that matter to you; do not infer a gain from the graphics alone.