The complete production checklist

Repeat checks for each actual unit. Capture check ID, unit ID/revision, status, named reviewer, evidence, date and next action. A verified tick is not authorization. Conditional exclusions need a reason.

Recovery and mandate

• C001 - Recover the latest project state (project; PM; G00; M17, M30). Inventory original media, approved versions, edit, uploads and receipts; resolve dated contradictions; do not import old ticks.
  Tools / Inspect and record: Files, backups and destination portals + Studio tracker and templates. Budget route: Files, backups and destination portals + LibreOffice. Use and trade-offs.
• C002 - Declare the complete affected set (project; AR; G00; M17). List all scenes, assets, shots, jobs, clips, joins, masters and destinations; record expected totals and known unknowns.
  Tools / Inspect and record: Files, backups and destination portals + Studio tracker and templates. Budget route: Files, backups and destination portals + LibreOffice. Use and trade-offs.
• C003 - Lock audience, premise and deliverable (project; EP; G01; M01, M02). Approved brief includes emotional promise, genre, ending, runtime including cards, technical destinations and exclusions.
  Tools / Record and decide: Studio tracker and templates + LibreOffice. Budget route: LibreOffice. Use and trade-offs.
• C004 - Assign owners and decision authority (project; PM; G01; M02). Named owners, backups, review independence and action/spend/publication limits; a role label is not authority.
  Tools / Record and decide: Studio tracker and templates + LibreOffice. Budget route: LibreOffice. Use and trade-offs.
• C005 - Set budget, retry scope and reserve (project; PM; G01; M02). Total and per-shot limits, cost units, cumulative prior attempts, queue uncertainty and protected edit/QA/upload reserve.
  Tools / Record and decide: Studio tracker and templates + LibreOffice. Budget route: LibreOffice. Use and trade-offs.
• C006 - Check current platform feasibility (project; ML; G01; M15). Dated actual controls, model/mode, duration options, reference/audio behaviour and costs; unsupported requests remain unknown.
  Tools / Compare and test: Higgsfield + Runway. Budget route: VicSee + ComfyUI. Use and trade-offs.
• C007 - Confirm destination and source-use requirements (project; LR; G01; M29). Current relevant rules, permissions, consent, credits and required disclosures; old contest conditions are not generic defaults.
  Tools / Human review: LibreOffice + Files, backups and destination portals. Budget route: LibreOffice. Use and trade-offs.
• C008 - Resolve physical-production applicability (project; PM; G01; M31). For hybrid filming, appropriate qualified human specialists and local process; mark purely synthetic work with a reason. Conditional; document applicability.
  Tools / Human expertise: LibreOffice + Blender. Budget route: LibreOffice. Use and trade-offs.

Story and creative direction

• C009 - Verify setup, action and consequence (project; WR; G02; M01). Beat map shows each required payoff and its visible or audible cause; ending matches audience promise.
  Tools / Write and review: LibreOffice + Studio tracker and templates. Budget route: LibreOffice. Use and trade-offs.
• C010 - Define emotional or experiential progression (project; DR; G02; M03). For narrative fiction: desire, obstacle, choice, subtext and observable performance change. For informational, abstract or sensory work: approved progression of attention, information or feeling, with the intended audience effect and review evidence. Conditional; document applicability.
  Tools / Write and review: LibreOffice + Studio tracker and templates. Budget route: LibreOffice. Use and trade-offs.
• C011 - Reconcile the runtime budget (project; ED; G02; M19). Final scene/shot durations plus retained cards/credits meet this brief. Source handles are budgeted separately and excluded from final runtime unless actually used.
  Tools / Write and review: LibreOffice + Studio tracker and templates. Budget route: LibreOffice. Use and trade-offs.
• C012 - Test the hardest dependency early (project; PM; G02; M02, M13). Identify high-risk identity/contact/physics/sync shot, smallest useful test and coherent fallback before dependent spend.
  Tools / Compare and test: Higgsfield + Runway. Budget route: VicSee + ComfyUI. Use and trade-offs.
• C013 - Approve a purposeful visual language (project; CV; G03; M04). Look bible records palette, contrast, texture, shape, recurring motifs and allowed variation without filmmaker-name shortcuts.
  Tools / Design and inspect: Higgsfield + Krita. Budget route: VicSee + Krita. Use and trade-offs.
• C014 - Approve the sound language (project; SD; G03; M20, M25). Voice, audible perspective, ambience, Foley/effect hierarchy, music policy and intentional silence serve this film.
  Tools / Spot and plan: DaVinci Resolve + Studio tracker and templates. Budget route: Audacity + LibreOffice. Use and trade-offs.

Canon and references

• C015 - Separate canon from allowed state changes (project; CC; G03; M14). Versioned identity, geography, props, appearance, lighting and sound; changes require scoped decisions.
  Tools / Record and decide: Studio tracker and templates + LibreOffice. Budget route: LibreOffice. Use and trade-offs.
• C016 - Select options before identity lock (project; DR; G03; M04, M07). Bounded exploration policy; after lock create views/states of the same identity rather than unrelated replacements.
  Tools / Design and inspect: Higgsfield + Krita. Budget route: VicSee + Krita. Use and trade-offs.
• C017 - Register exact source identity and provenance (asset; AR; G04; M17). Stable ID, revision/hash, local path, real platform project/ID if used, source/rights, lifecycle and approver.
  Tools / Inspect and record: Files, backups and destination portals + Studio tracker and templates. Budget route: Files, backups and destination portals + LibreOffice. Use and trade-offs.
• C018 - Check appearance and identity views (asset; CC; G04; M07). Useful face/body/detail views preserve garments, closures, hair, makeup and distinctive features under needed lighting. Conditional; document applicability.
  Tools / Design and inspect: Higgsfield + Krita. Budget route: VicSee + Krita. Use and trade-offs.
• C019 - Check environment geography (asset; PD; G04; M05). Entrances/exits, windows, landmarks, scale and camera zones agree across required location views. Conditional; document applicability.
  Tools / Plan and prove: Blender + Krita. Budget route: Krita. Use and trade-offs.
• C020 - Check prop design and mechanism (asset; PD; G04; M06). Exact count, shape, material, scale, handedness, moving parts and before/after states; reconcile conflicting image/text. Conditional; document applicability.
  Tools / Plan and prove: Blender + Krita. Budget route: Krita. Use and trade-offs.
• C021 - Declare reference influence and exclusions (asset; AR; G04; M15, M17). Each source controls specific identity/location/pose/style facts and must not control irrelevant state/background.
  Tools / Inspect and record: Files, backups and destination portals + Studio tracker and templates. Budget route: Files, backups and destination portals + LibreOffice. Use and trade-offs.
• C022 - Verify the real usable reference (asset; GO; G04; M16). Open actual file/thumbnail/handle in intended project; registration or click alone does not prove job attachment.
  Tools / Read back actual UI: Higgsfield + Files, backups and destination portals. Budget route: VicSee + Files, backups and destination portals. Use and trade-offs.
• C023 - Verify applicable permission and provenance (asset; LR; G04; M29). Evidence supports this asset's intended distribution and any identity/voice use; missing permissions stay unresolved.
  Tools / Human review: LibreOffice + Files, backups and destination portals. Budget route: LibreOffice. Use and trade-offs.

Scene planning

• C024 - State beginning, change and ending (scene; DR; G05; M01, M03). Scene intent and audience-information change are observable; required/excluded subjects and dialogue are explicit.
  Tools / Write and review: LibreOffice + Studio tracker and templates. Budget route: LibreOffice. Use and trade-offs.
• C025 - Pin incoming and outgoing states (scene; CC; G05; M14). Actual predecessor boundary where available; pose, gaze, hand, prop, source light and sound tails; no imagined approval.
  Tools / Watch and compare: CapCut + DaVinci Resolve. Budget route: Kdenlive. Use and trade-offs.
• C026 - Build coherent coverage and boards (scene; SB; G05; M13). Setup/action/consequence, exact panel count, source-clip splits, edit durations and handles; boards labelled planning-only or attachable.
  Tools / Plan and time: Blender + CapCut. Budget route: Krita + Kdenlive. Use and trade-offs.
• C027 - Plan framing and reveal order (scene; DP; G05; M08). Shot size, camera position/height, composition, visibility of critical action, crop safety and deliberate conceal/reveal.
  Tools / Plan and time: Blender + CapCut. Budget route: Krita + Kdenlive. Use and trade-offs.
• C028 - Plan field of view, perspective and focus (scene; DP; G05; M09). Viewpoint/near-far relationships, sharp region and focus target; numeric lens settings distinguished from prose intent.
  Tools / Plan and time: Blender + CapCut. Budget route: Krita + Kdenlive. Use and trade-offs.
• C029 - Plan blocking, axis and camera path (scene; DP; G05; M10). Actor path, eyeline targets, screen direction, movement start/end/pace; any axis crossing re-establishes geography.
  Tools / Plan and prove: Blender + Krita. Budget route: Krita. Use and trade-offs.
• C030 - Plan motivated light and state changes (scene; DP; G05; M11). Source direction/softness, fill, colour relationship, practical on/off, shadows and reflections carry across coverage.
  Tools / Plan and prove: Blender + Krita. Budget route: Krita. Use and trade-offs.
• C031 - Define exposure, motion and colour handling (scene; DP; G05; M12). Visible goals separate from measured fps/tags/transforms; no assumption that prompt words create log/HDR latitude.
  Tools / Inspect and measure: DaVinci Resolve + MediaInfo. Budget route: Kdenlive + MediaInfo. Use and trade-offs.
• C032 - Align set, props and appearance (scene; PD; G05; M05, M06, M07). Reference/version list matches script chronology, material states and physical contact needs; exclusions resolved.
  Tools / Plan and prove: Blender + Krita. Budget route: Krita. Use and trade-offs.
• C033 - Complete the shared timed sound plan (scene; SD; G05; M20). Same beat IDs/times as camera/light/action/performance/edit; dialogue, Foley, SFX, ambience, music and silence all considered.
  Tools / Spot and plan: DaVinci Resolve + Studio tracker and templates. Budget route: Audacity + LibreOffice. Use and trade-offs.
• C034 - Approve casting and voice performance (scene; DR; G05; M03, M21). Character/voice identity, exact words, pronunciation, accent, breath, pauses and delivery window; silence explicitly recorded. Conditional; document applicability.
  Tools / Record or generate voice: ElevenLabs · voice and SFX + Audacity. Budget route: Audacity. Use and trade-offs.
• C035 - Plan effects and repair dependencies (scene; FX; G05; M18). Required plates, masks, camera/light/contact/occlusion and protected regions; no nonexistent 3D/physics controls assumed. Conditional; document applicability.
  Tools / Plan effects dependencies: DaVinci Resolve + Blender. Budget route: Blender + Krita. Use and trade-offs.
• C036 - Set observable acceptance and review coverage (scene; QC; G05; M28). Critical tests, required viewing/listening/metadata, reviewer and next owner; no quality claim without appropriate evidence.
  Tools / Record and decide: Studio tracker and templates + LibreOffice. Budget route: LibreOffice. Use and trade-offs.

Shot and prompt readiness

• C037 - Compile a feasible shot prompt (shot; ML; G05; M15). Fixed canon and variable action/camera/light/audio separated; one compatible primary action; contradictions removed.
  Tools / Compare and test: Higgsfield + Runway. Budget route: VicSee + ComfyUI. Use and trade-offs.
• C038 - Prove physical timing and handoff feasibility (shot; CC; G05; M06, M14). Contact/support/release/consequence fit screen time; continuation starts at selected approved cut state.
  Tools / Plan and prove: Blender + Krita. Budget route: Krita. Use and trade-offs.
• C039 - Pin exact references and prompt versions (shot; AR; G05; M17). Expected IDs/files/hashes and attachment roles, start/end-image mode if supported, approved text including final line.
  Tools / Inspect and record: Files, backups and destination portals + Studio tracker and templates. Budget route: Files, backups and destination portals + LibreOffice. Use and trade-offs.
• C040 - Protect the needed edit interval (shot; ED; G05; M19). Planned usable range, handles, neighbour states and sound tail; causal action cannot be removed merely to fit.
  Tools / Watch and compare: CapCut + DaVinci Resolve. Budget route: Kdenlive. Use and trade-offs.

Every generation preflight

• C041 - Confirm account and destination project (attempt; GO; G06; M16). Observed intended identity/session/project and permitted action; do not silently switch accounts or browsers.
  Tools / Read back actual UI: Higgsfield + Files, backups and destination portals. Budget route: VicSee + Files, backups and destination portals. Use and trade-offs.
• C042 - Read back the whole entered prompt (attempt; GO; G06; M15, M16). Actual composer text matches approved version including final line; no truncated prefix accepted.
  Tools / Read back actual UI: Higgsfield + Files, backups and destination portals. Budget route: VicSee + Files, backups and destination portals. Use and trade-offs.
• C043 - Inspect actual selected attachments (attempt; GO; G06; M16). Expected count/IDs/thumbnails/mode match actual chips; no unrelated video, wrong frame or missing reference.
  Tools / Read back actual UI: Higgsfield + Files, backups and destination portals. Budget route: VicSee + Files, backups and destination portals. Use and trade-offs.
• C044 - Read back model and settings (attempt; GO; G06; M12, M16). Actual mode, model, duration, ratio, resolution, batch, audio and quality; only supported current values.
  Tools / Read back actual UI: Higgsfield + Files, backups and destination portals. Budget route: VicSee + Files, backups and destination portals. Use and trade-offs.
• C045 - Check valid authority and remaining limits (attempt; PM; G06; M02, M16). Displayed cost and reservation fit existing approval, cumulative shot attempts, cost units and delivery reserve.
  Tools / Read back actual UI: Higgsfield + Files, backups and destination portals. Budget route: VicSee + Files, backups and destination portals. Use and trade-offs.
• C046 - Submit once and reconcile the job (attempt; GO; G07; M16). Unique operation/job mapping, observed status and actual cost; uncertain response checked before retry.
  Tools / Read back actual UI: Higgsfield + Files, backups and destination portals. Budget route: VicSee + Files, backups and destination portals. Use and trade-offs.
• C047 - Preserve the actual result or terminal job record (attempt; AR; G07; M17). For a completed job preserve the readable original and exact metadata. For a failed/cancelled job retain its terminal evidence, actual charge/refund and no-output status. Uncertain jobs remain unresolved; none is creatively approved by this check.
  Tools / Inspect and record: Files, backups and destination portals + Studio tracker and templates. Budget route: Files, backups and destination portals + LibreOffice. Use and trade-offs.

Every clip review

• C048 - Review the actual full required modalities (clip; QC; G08; M28). Normal-speed motion, critical frame steps and listening as required; sampled images or a stream flag are not full review.
  Tools / Watch and listen: DaVinci Resolve + CapCut. Budget route: Kdenlive. Use and trade-offs.
• C049 - Check story and performance (clip; DR; G08; M03). Visible beat and emotion read; gaze/gesture/subtext and exact spoken meaning agree with approved intent.
  Tools / Watch and compare: CapCut + DaVinci Resolve. Budget route: Kdenlive. Use and trade-offs.
• C050 - Check identity and appearance continuity (clip; CC; G08; M07, M14). Face, body, wardrobe, hair, accessories and permitted state changes match pinned references throughout. Conditional; document applicability.
  Tools / Watch and compare: CapCut + DaVinci Resolve. Budget route: Kdenlive. Use and trade-offs.
• C051 - Check props, scale and geography (clip; CC; G08; M05, M06). Count, shape, relative size, material, doors/windows/landmarks, held hand and locations remain consistent. Conditional; document applicability.
  Tools / Watch and compare: CapCut + DaVinci Resolve. Budget route: Kdenlive. Use and trade-offs.
• C052 - Check contact, occlusion and physical causality (clip; FX; G08; M06, M18). Where required by the approved intent, check contact/support/release/occlusion and mechanism consequence. Approved stylization, offscreen action or ellipsis must preserve intended audience causality; do not impose realism or explicit mechanics universally. Conditional; document applicability.
  Tools / Watch and compare: CapCut + DaVinci Resolve. Budget route: Kdenlive. Use and trade-offs.
• C053 - Check camera, focus and spatial continuity (clip; DP; G08; M08, M09, M10). Critical detail readable, focus change not morph, stable landmarks and motivated motion/axis/eyelines.
  Tools / Watch and compare: CapCut + DaVinci Resolve. Budget route: Kdenlive. Use and trade-offs.
• C054 - Check light, exposure and motion quality (clip; DP; G08; M11, M12). Source states, shadows/reflections, colour/contrast, cadence and blur consistent; important detail preserved.
  Tools / Inspect and measure: DaVinci Resolve + MediaInfo. Budget route: Kdenlive + MediaInfo. Use and trade-offs.
• C055 - Check all audible content (clip; SD; G08; M20, M21, M22, M23, M24). Listen for correct words/voice, contact/sync, ambience, unwanted speech/music, clipping and usable tails; silence verified when intended.
  Tools / Listen and compare: DaVinci Resolve + REAPER. Budget route: Audacity + DaVinci Resolve. Use and trade-offs.
• C056 - Inspect the complete head, tail and edit range (clip; ED; G08; M19). No reference flash/collage/text/reset; selected interval and actual boundary usable with neighbours.
  Tools / Watch and compare: CapCut + DaVinci Resolve. Budget route: Kdenlive. Use and trade-offs.
• C057 - Record evidence and creative acceptance separately (clip; AR; G08; M17). Timecoded findings, coverage/unknowns, exact source/usable in-out, decision owner and accepted boundary; generation is not approval.
  Tools / Record and decide: Studio tracker and templates + LibreOffice. Budget route: LibreOffice. Use and trade-offs.

Every join

• C058 - Check both sides of the actual cut (seam; CC; G12; M14). Pose/gaze/hand/prop/source light and screen direction agree or have an approved motivated transition.
  Tools / Watch and compare: CapCut + DaVinci Resolve. Budget route: Kdenlive. Use and trade-offs.
• C059 - Check full motion and causal rhythm at the join (seam; ED; G12; M19). No duplicated action, reset, missing beat, frozen padding, flash, black gap or accidental frame.
  Tools / Watch and compare: CapCut + DaVinci Resolve. Budget route: Kdenlive. Use and trade-offs.
• C060 - Check acoustic continuity across the join (seam; SD; G13; M24, M26). Dialogue/contact sync, ambience perspective, score phrase, tails and silence fit without clicks or level jumps.
  Tools / Listen and compare: DaVinci Resolve + REAPER. Budget route: Audacity + DaVinci Resolve. Use and trade-offs.
• C061 - Sweep similar joins after a shared defect (seam; QC; G12; M28). Check all affected boundaries of the same failure class; one repaired sample does not close the set. Conditional; document applicability.
  Tools / Watch and compare: CapCut + DaVinci Resolve. Budget route: Kdenlive. Use and trade-offs.

Repair and change control

• C062 - Diagnose and propose the smallest repair (change; ML; G09; M15, M18). Exact time/defect, evidence, causal hypothesis and isolated prompt/reference/edit change; preserve unaffected approved work.
  Tools / Diagnose and propose: DaVinci Resolve + Blender. Budget route: Blender + Krita. Use and trade-offs.
• C063 - Retain cumulative retries and spend (change; PM; G09; M02). Same shot scope includes prior jobs and reservations; renamed tasks or model changes do not reset limits.
  Tools / Record and decide: Studio tracker and templates + LibreOffice. Budget route: LibreOffice. Use and trade-offs.
• C064 - Resolve canon change and dependent work (change; DR; G10; M14). Recorded decision, new revision, affected assets/shots/edits/sound/reviews; invalidate dependent acceptance only. Conditional; document applicability.
  Tools / Record and decide: Studio tracker and templates + LibreOffice. Budget route: LibreOffice. Use and trade-offs.
• C065 - Rerun affected checks on the replacement (change; QC; G10; M28). Review actual replacement and neighbours. Changes to source in/out, timeline order, join neighbours, timing, mix or delivery requirements invalidate relevant evidence even when source-file bytes are unchanged.
  Tools / Watch and listen: DaVinci Resolve + CapCut. Budget route: Kdenlive. Use and trade-offs.
• C066 - Re-evaluate continue, fallback, pivot or defer (checkpoint; EP; G11; M02). At each scheduled checkpoint or material time/cost/dependency change, record current critical path plus reserve, remaining limits and decision. Preserve prior checkpoint records. Fallback retains approved story causality, including deliberate ellipsis where intended.
  Tools / Record and decide: Studio tracker and templates + LibreOffice. Budget route: LibreOffice. Use and trade-offs.

Editorial and picture lock

• C067 - Assemble only accepted source intervals (cut; ED; G12; M19). Timeline/source-time mapping, versions, relinkable originals, trims and intentional transitions; missing coverage explicit.
  Tools / Watch and compare: CapCut + DaVinci Resolve. Budget route: Kdenlive. Use and trade-offs.
• C068 - Review the whole story and rhythm (cut; DR; G12; M01, M03, M19). Setup/reveal/payoff, performance pauses, scene order and ending work in the full cut, not only isolated clips.
  Tools / Watch and compare: CapCut + DaVinci Resolve. Budget route: Kdenlive. Use and trade-offs.
• C069 - Verify final VFX and protected regions (cut; FX; G12; M18). Full affected motion, scale/contact/occlusion/light, matte edges and neighbours; no unintended identity/background change. Conditional; document applicability.
  Tools / Inspect the final VFX: DaVinci Resolve + Blender. Budget route: Blender + Krita. Use and trade-offs.
• C070 - Control titles, graphics and captions (cut; ED; G12; M19). Editable accurate typography, duration, placement and safe areas; generated text artifacts removed or approved explicitly.
  Tools / Edit and human review: CapCut + DaVinci Resolve. Budget route: Kdenlive + Shutter Encoder. Use and trade-offs.
• C071 - Approve a named picture-lock version (cut; DR; G12; M19). Exact timeline/version, remaining permitted finish changes and accountable human decision; timing changes reopen dependent sound/captions.
  Tools / Record and decide: Studio tracker and templates + LibreOffice. Budget route: LibreOffice. Use and trade-offs.

Sound and music

• C072 - Spot the audible story priority (sound; SD; G13; M20). Cue/time/owner, listener perspective, dominant element and deliberate silence; all picture changes reconciled.
  Tools / Spot and plan: DaVinci Resolve + Studio tracker and templates. Budget route: Audacity + LibreOffice. Use and trade-offs.
• C073 - Check dialogue, voice and ADR (sound; SD; G13; M21). Exact script, pronunciation/voice/consent, breaths, no clipped words, natural timing and lip/action sync. Conditional; document applicability.
  Tools / Record or generate voice: ElevenLabs · voice and SFX + Audacity. Budget route: Audacity + Kdenlive. Use and trade-offs.
• C074 - Check Foley against visible contact (sound; SD; G13; M22). Right surface/material/weight/distance, contact/release frames, no extra steps or repeated impacts. Conditional; document applicability.
  Tools / Perform and synchronize: Audacity + REAPER. Budget route: Audacity + Kdenlive. Use and trade-offs.
• C075 - Check designed effects and mechanisms (sound; SD; G13; M23). Cause, attack/body/tail, recurring identity, timing and perspective; no music/speech contamination or masked critical cue. Conditional; document applicability.
  Tools / Design and synchronize: ElevenLabs · voice and SFX + REAPER. Budget route: Freesound + Audacity + Kdenlive. Use and trade-offs.
• C076 - Check ambience and room tone (sound; SD; G13; M24). Continuous beds/patches and location perspective, clean loops/tails, no unwanted voices or impossible environmental sound. Conditional; document applicability.
  Tools / Build and listen: REAPER + DaVinci Resolve. Budget route: Audacity + Freesound + Kdenlive. Use and trade-offs.
• C077 - Check music purpose, timing and final status (sound; SD; G13; M25). Intentional motif/entry/release/silence; approved score timing protected; temp replaced/cleared and rights documented. Conditional; document applicability.
  Tools / Compose, clear and edit: Suno + REAPER. Budget route: Audacity + Freesound + Kdenlive. Use and trade-offs.
• C078 - Mix for intelligibility and dynamics (sound; SD; G13; M26). For audible work check balance, intelligibility, sync, dynamics and clicks/gaps/clipping. For approved intentional silence, verify absence of unintended sound and required output stream behaviour; unheard audio is not silence.
  Tools / Mix and measure: DaVinci Resolve + REAPER. Budget route: DaVinci Resolve + Audacity. Use and trade-offs.
• C079 - Verify stems and destination measurements (sound; SD; G13; M26). Where audio/stems are required, verify available alignment/recombination and measured destination targets. For intentionally silent delivery mark stem/mix requirements inapplicable with approved scope; missing evidence is not inapplicability. Conditional; document applicability.
  Tools / Mix and measure: DaVinci Resolve + REAPER. Budget route: DaVinci Resolve + Audacity. Use and trade-offs.
• C080 - Accept the actual listened-to mix (sound; DR; G13; M20, M26). Approve exact sound version after required listening; for intentional silence, confirm actual export behaviour and no unintended sound. A waveform/metadata flag alone cannot certify an audible mix.
  Tools / Record and decide: Studio tracker and templates + LibreOffice. Budget route: LibreOffice. Use and trade-offs.

Finishing and export

• C081 - Conform the correct original media (master; CF; G14; M27). No unexpected proxy/stale frame, same picture-lock timing, correct graphics/captions and approved mix.
  Tools / Watch and compare: CapCut + DaVinci Resolve. Budget route: Kdenlive. Use and trade-offs.
• C082 - Check the final grade and colour path (master; CF; G14; M12, M27). Exposure/white balance/skin/cut matching, intended look, input/output transforms/tags applied correctly, no crushed essential detail.
  Tools / Inspect and measure: DaVinci Resolve + MediaInfo. Budget route: Kdenlive + MediaInfo. Use and trade-offs.
• C083 - Check actual crop, graphics and display format (master; CF; G14; M08, M27). Aspect ratio/safe area/text/credits/watermark or packshot as required; no double branding or inappropriate inherited contest settings.
  Tools / Inspect and measure: DaVinci Resolve + MediaInfo. Budget route: Kdenlive + MediaInfo. Use and trade-offs.
• C084 - Verify the actual exported file exists and decodes (master; QC; G15; M28). Exact file path/hash/size, full decode and expected streams/fps/dimensions/duration; export-button success alone is insufficient.
  Tools / Inspect actual export: FFmpeg and ffprobe + MediaInfo. Budget route: Shutter Encoder + MediaInfo. Use and trade-offs.
• C085 - Watch and listen through the full export (master; QC; G15; M28). All scenes, joins, replaced shots, first/last frames, graphics and sound reviewed on this exact version.
  Tools / Watch and listen: DaVinci Resolve + CapCut. Budget route: Kdenlive. Use and trade-offs.
• C086 - Verify requested accessibility deliverables (master; QC; G15; M28). Caption spelling/timing/speaker/non-speech cues and relevant transcripts/descriptions; test actual delivered rendering. Conditional; document applicability.
  Tools / Edit and human review: CapCut + DaVinci Resolve. Budget route: Kdenlive + Shutter Encoder. Use and trade-offs.
• C087 - Resolve required findings and rating scope (master; QC; G15; M28). Each hard requirement verified or validly inapplicable; no average hides failure/unknown; use only an identified rubric/version.
  Tools / Record and decide: Studio tracker and templates + LibreOffice. Budget route: LibreOffice. Use and trade-offs.

Rights and release

• C088 - Reconcile final sources with clearances (master; LR; G16; M29). Included visual/voice/music/font/material list matches licenses/consent and intended use; required attribution/disclosure complete.
  Tools / Human review: LibreOffice + Files, backups and destination portals. Budget route: LibreOffice. Use and trade-offs.
• C089 - Authorize the exact release candidate (master; EP; G17; M30). Creative acceptance, QA, applicable clearance, destination and exact master version recorded under existing valid authority.
  Tools / Record and decide: Studio tracker and templates + LibreOffice. Budget route: LibreOffice. Use and trade-offs.

Publication and submission

• C090 - Upload the exact approved master (destination; DA; G18; M30). For platform delivery, map exact master to platform asset/version and observed upload/transcode. For purely local handover mark this platform-specific check inapplicable with the approved delivery mode. Conditional; document applicability.
  Tools / Verify destination: Files, backups and destination portals + Studio tracker and templates. Budget route: Files, backups and destination portals + LibreOffice. Use and trade-offs.
• C091 - Verify intended viewing experience (destination; DA; G18; M28, M30). For the chosen delivery mode, verify intended access and actual playback, sound, required titles/metadata/captions/crop and working link or delivered local path. Test platform visibility only when publishing.
  Tools / Verify destination: Files, backups and destination portals + Studio tracker and templates. Budget route: Files, backups and destination portals + LibreOffice. Use and trade-offs.
• C092 - Verify actual submission or handover (destination; DA; G18; M30). Verify the agreed endpoint: competition receipt, publication verification, or exact local/private handover artifact and required acknowledgement. Do not require a festival submission for every film.
  Tools / Verify destination: Files, backups and destination portals + Studio tracker and templates. Budget route: Files, backups and destination portals + LibreOffice. Use and trade-offs.
• C093 - Reconcile a replaced release (destination; DA; G18; M30). Replacement verified before authorized retirement of earlier version; redirects, descriptions and submitted links agree. Conditional; document applicability.
  Tools / Verify destination: Files, backups and destination portals + Studio tracker and templates. Budget route: Files, backups and destination portals + LibreOffice. Use and trade-offs.

Archive and learning

• C094 - Preserve the complete production package (archive; AR; G19; M17, M30). Brief/canon/assets/script/packets/prompts/jobs/reviews/boundaries, sources, edit/EDL, graphics/fonts, stems, masters and receipts.
  Tools / Preserve and restore: Files, backups and destination portals + MediaInfo. Budget route: Files, backups and destination portals + LibreOffice. Use and trade-offs.
• C095 - Test recovery or relink and disclose omissions (archive; ED; G19; M17, M19). Representative actual restore/relink opens required sources; absent stems/projects/permissions explicitly listed with next owner.
  Tools / Preserve and restore: Files, backups and destination portals + MediaInfo. Budget route: Files, backups and destination portals + LibreOffice. Use and trade-offs.
• C096 - Reconcile all tracking and closure states (archive; PM; G19; M02, M30). Reconcile expected units and parent/ordered-join relationships. Current release requirements have no hidden missing/stale checks. Failed or cancelled jobs and rejected unused takes remain documented with disposition; they need not become creative passes.
  Tools / Record and decide: Studio tracker and templates + LibreOffice. Budget route: LibreOffice. Use and trade-offs.
• C097 - Capture bounded lessons for the next film (archive; DR; G19; M01, M30). Defect, evidence, tested repair, outcome and scope; do not make old genre, tool, duration, deadline or score universal.
  Tools / Record and decide: Studio tracker and templates + LibreOffice. Budget route: LibreOffice. Use and trade-offs.