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syborgstudios/untitled-movie

v1.0.0

Develop a film from first idea to animatic: story bible, screenplay and storyboard in one place.

character-dossier

Write a character dossier for a film on untitled.movie, covering want, need, wound, contradiction, voice with sample dialogue, relationships, arc and name history. Use when the author asks to develop, deepen or describe a character, or for dossiers of the main characters.

consistency-check

Check a film project on untitled.movie for contradictions with canon and for text that still reflects superseded decisions, without editing anything. Use when the author asks whether the documents are consistent, after a decision changed canon, or before a draft is sent out.

continuity-review

Review a storyboard on untitled.movie for continuity and script coverage and record the result as a finding, without changing any shot. Use when the author asks to check a board, to look for continuity errors, or whether the board still matches the script.

first-draft

Write the first draft of a screenplay on untitled.movie from the scene outline, in Fountain, one sequence at a time and without overwriting what the author wrote. Use when the author asks to write the script, the next sequence or particular scenes.

gatekeeper-questions

Find the gatekeeper questions of a film project on untitled.movie, the few questions every later choice depends on, each with options and a recommendation, and record them as questions in the bible. Use when the author asks what has to be decided first, asks for gatekeeper questions, or starts developing a story.

get-started

Set up work with untitled.movie after connecting it, or when the author asks how to begin. Finds their film projects, reads the brief of the one they pick and explains how working together goes. Use it for a first conversation, not for a specific task.

honest-finding

Give an unsparing assessment of a piece of a film project on untitled.movie, such as a scene, a draft, a character or a storyboard, and record it as a finding in the bible without fixing anything. Use when the author asks for honest feedback, a critique, notes or what doesn't work.

principles-check

Check a document, scene or section of a film project on untitled.movie against the project's principles and their check questions, with a verdict and evidence for each. Use when the author asks whether a text keeps to the project's principles or rules.

rough-outline

Draft the rough outline of a film on untitled.movie, the shape of the story in sequences or acts, built on canon and the answered gatekeeper questions and written as an outline document with its holes marked. Use when the author asks for an outline, a structure or the acts of their story.

scene-outline

Write the scene outline of a film on untitled.movie, every scene with its heading, what happens, its purpose and who is in it, following the lead treatment. Use when the author asks for a scene list, a step outline or a scene-by-scene breakdown before the pages are written.

storyboard-scenes

Plan shots for screenplay scenes on untitled.movie and, once the author agrees, set them up as a storyboard linked to the script. Use when the author asks for a shot list, to storyboard scenes or to plan coverage.

tone-samples

Write tone samples for a film on untitled.movie, two to four short passages that fix the voice, each testing a named choice the author can accept or reject. Use when the author asks about voice, tone or style, or wants sample pages before the script.

translate-stale-scenes

Bring a language version of a document on untitled.movie up to date with its master by translating the stale and missing scenes or sections, following the glossary and keeping parity. Use when the author asks to update, sync or continue a translation.

treatment

Write a treatment for a film on untitled.movie, the story in prose and in the present tense, from the rough outline and the character dossiers. When a treatment already exists, write a competing version beside it. Use when the author asks for a treatment or for another take on the story in prose.

work-session

How to work on a film project in untitled.movie. Opens a session with the author's request, reads the brief, keeps to the working agreement (propose, don't decide; cite labels; mark holes) and closes the session with a summary. Use it whenever the author asks for work on a project that changes something, and when they ask to wrap up.