CHAPTER 04
How the eight-step starter maps to the complete method
One route, expanded only when useful
This is not a second workflow
The stage rail at the top of the Community Edition is the only starter route. This table explains where its eight stages connect to the detailed handbook, so creators do not have to reconcile competing maps.
Start here
Use the eight-stage current-task panel for the next decision.
Go deeper
Open the linked template, checklist or chapter only when the project needs it.
Loop honestly
Plan, test and review a risky shot early; return to the relevant stage when evidence changes.
| Starter stage | Detailed method it opens |
|---|---|
| 1. Brief | Creative promise, constraints and feasibility. |
| 2. Story / message | Beginning, change and consequence, or a deliberate progression of attention, information or feeling. |
| 3. Visual canon | Binding references, recurring facts and exclusions. |
| 4. Shot plan | Incoming state, one visible action, outgoing state, sound and edit handoff. |
| 5. Generate/import and review | Preflight, bounded cost, source, retained interval and neighbouring-cut review. |
| 6. Edit and sound | Performance, pacing, picture joins, sound cues, sync and listening checks. |
| 7. Verify and deliver | Exact master verification and authorized destination or recipient check. |
| 8. Preserve and learn | Editable sources, retained package, recovery check and bounded lesson. |