Handbook · v1.0
The method
These are the rules the work has to obey. They cover what a graphic is allowed to claim, what may never appear on screen, and how the frame is allowed to move.
They are versioned and they change. What changed is the record.
- The certainty rule
A graphic must never make a nuanced opinion sound more certain than the spoken narration.
Last changed Sep 8, 2026
- Claim classes
Every statement the narration makes falls in one of five classes, and the class limits what the graphic may do.
Last changed Sep 8, 2026
- Anti-slop
The list of things that make a video look generated, and the checks that keep them out.
Last changed Sep 8, 2026
- Four moves
The entire motion vocabulary is four named moves. Anything else is a deliberate exception with a written reason.
Last changed Sep 8, 2026
- An owner's notebook
The look, stated as defaults. Tactile beats slick, and wear is evidence rather than a flaw to hide.
Last changed Sep 8, 2026
Seen in the wild
One video has been published under these rules so far, a 54-second review. Most chapters therefore have exactly one example, and some have none yet. Where a rule has not been exercised, the chapter says so rather than inventing a case.
One email when something ships, or when a rule changes.
That is the entire trigger list. No weekly cadence I can't keep with a full-time job and two kids. Some months that is zero emails.