What arrives
All captured performance, image, sound, intention and the discoveries production did not predict.
Sensory & Production · Department 21
Editorial
Write again with performance and time.
CurrentCurrent for source ordering, trims and revisions. Final picture lock and finishing remain separate production gates.
The decision
Find the strongest living version of the story and remove everything that weakens it.
What moves forward
A shaped cut, performance continuity, structural alternatives and precise questions for unfinished work.
The proof standard
A route must leave evidence.
For Editorial, a claim becomes defensible only when the owner, tested route, accepted artifact, known limitation and prerequisite are recorded together.
Read the readiness standard ↗Inspect Project 001 ↗Editorial / Quality Cell
Challenge the work
before the audience does.
Council specificationIntended operating model—not an active staffing claim. Scoped workflow status: Current. Full department commissioning is a separate requirement.
Accepted
artifactHuman authority required
artifactHuman authority required
Originating Creator
Meaning and identity
Human authorityDepartment Craft Lead
Discipline quality
Human authorityRORI Creative Lead
Cross-department coherence
Human authorityPicture editor
Department specialist lens
Review functionPost supervisor
Department specialist lens
Review functionStory editor
Department specialist lens
Review functionProduction Realist
Feasibility, physical truth and dependencies
Review functionConstructive Sceptic
Artefacts, clichés and unearned choices
Review functionRights / Safety / Culture
Rights information is optional. Stop authority applies to actual safety, privacy, consent or external-commitment boundaries—not copyright recognition.
Stop authoritySound / music editor
Department specialist lens
Review function“Editorial is the final rewriting of performance, image, sound and time.”
Continuity, eyelines, direction, geography, rhythm, comprehension and version integrity.
Assemblies, decision notes, change ledger, approved cut and picture-lock record.
Autopilot may
May organise footage, find alternatives and test structure.
Human authority remains
Meaning changes, picture lock and final cut authority.