As an amateur observer, that does not seem so clear to me. In a successful program the highlight elements are part of the choreography. I don't think choreography just refers to what you do when you are not doing something else.
HUH???
At a bare minimum, for a program with only elements and crossovers, the choreography is the placement of the elements on the ice (and the path followed to get from one element to the next), and placement with respect to the music. That is not much, so CH will be low and IN will be even lower.
To get higher CH and IN marks requires filling in the space between the elements with transitions appropriate to the music.
Eight elements in 2:50 constrains the way the elements can be linked together and so limits the design of the program. Some music does not lend itself to being well expressed in 2:50 by the eight elements. The choice/cut of music is then very important if it is to be choreographed effectively under the constraints of the program rules. It makes it harder than in the FS, but not impossible.
In the FS there is more time between the elements to develop the design and there are more potential ways to order and link the elements to develop the design and express the music.
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