What arrives
Premise, fragments, character tensions and the question the work cannot avoid.
Narrative · Department 01
Story & Dramaturgy
Find the dramatic architecture before production begins.
CurrentPremise, character pressure and consequence become a shared story authority.
The decision
Define the dramatic promise—and what the story must make the audience feel.
What moves forward
A story spine, character pressure map and protected dramatic principles.
The proof standard
A route must leave evidence.
For Story & Dramaturgy, 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 ↗Story & Dramaturgy / 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 authorityDramaturg
Department specialist lens
Review functionScreenwriter
Department specialist lens
Review functionGenre / audience reader
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 authorityContinuity editor
Department specialist lens
Review function“Every dramatic turn must grow from character, pressure and consequence—not plot convenience.”
Causality, behavioural truth, stakes, consequence and consistency of world rules.
Story spine, character-pressure map, scene-purpose ledger and creator approval.
Autopilot may
May diagnose structure and audition alternatives.
Human authority remains
Premise, theme, protagonist, ending and moral position.