Project brief and canon template
Status: DRAFT. A filled form is not approval. Replace brackets; record unknowns explicitly.
Brief
Project ID / title: [ID / title]
Owner and director: [named humans; delegated limits]
Audience / destination / emotional promise: [specific viewer and intended experience]
Premise / protagonist intent / obstacle / consequential choice: [story]
Beginning → change → ending: [observable progression]
Runtime including cards: [seconds]; picture FPS / dimensions / ratio: [verified target]
Audio / captions / access needs: [target and dated source]
Style and exclusions: [observable aesthetic choices]
Budget: [amount and unit]; deadline with timezone: [timestamp]
Protected edit / QA / upload-transcode reserve: [hours, rationale and uncertainty]
Picture-lock cutoff / pivot checkpoint: [timestamps]
Maximum cumulative shot attempts / spend: [limits, including failed jobs]
Approved fallback: [coherent alternate coverage or smaller story; approval pointer]
Binding references / inspirational references: [separate lists]
Rights / consent / destination requirements: [evidence or unresolved item]
Creative contract and authority
Production depth / reason: [compact, scene-led or sequence-led; actual risk rather than runtime alone]
May proceed within existing authority: [decisions, models, cumulative spend and attempt limits]
Must return for a decision: [out-of-envelope spend, material creative changes or release]
Final release owner: [person and scope]
Narrative: want / pressure / private contradiction / visible behaviour / change: [applicable facts]
Key relationship before → consequential choice → relationship after: [per relevant scene]
Advertisement: audience problem / promise / evidence-backed demonstration / next action: [claim sources and actual versus illustrative status]
Other forms: [deliberate progression of information, attention or feeling]
Do not require narrative fields for an advertisement or abstract film; record meaningful applicability.
Canon v001
| Rule ID | Entity/state | Observable fixed fact | Allowed transition | Source/version | Authority scope | Approval |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [C001] | [character/prop/location] | [shape/count/material/geography] | [state change or none] | [file/hash] | [what this source controls] | [record or pending] |
Camera axis / anatomical versus screen direction: [map]
Sound world / voice / score policy: [rules]
Story-state lighting progression: [states]
Known failures: [specific negatives, applicable shots]
Change control
Editorial adjustment: trim/grade inside approved meaning and boundaries; log it and recheck joins.
Material change: identity, hero-prop geometry/count, geography, causal action, dialogue meaning, approved voice, runtime/delivery mandate. Propose a new version and dependency impact; human DR/EP decides before promotion.
Change ID / old and proposed versions / reason / affected descendants: [record]
Cost and critical-path impact / fallback / decision evidence: [record]
Do not reset attempt counters by renaming a shot.