skills/run-ai-media-show/references/show-framework.md

# Show framework

## Concept score (1–5 each)

- Immediate hook clarity
- Emotional intensity
- Repeatable episode engine
- Character/world expandability
- Visual distinctiveness
- AI production feasibility
- Continuity controllability
- Audience participation potential
- Cross-platform adaptability
- Monetization fit
- Defensibility against copying
- Rights and disclosure risk, reverse-scored

Do not choose purely by total score; explain strategic tradeoffs and fatal weaknesses.

## Minimum show bible

- One-sentence promise and audience
- Premise, genre, tone, and prohibited directions
- World rules and canon
- Character identities, motives, relationships, and visual anchors
- Visual grammar: composition, palette, lighting, lenses/motion, typography
- Voice and sound identity
- Episode engine: hook, escalation, reveal/payoff, cliffhanger, CTA
- Recurring locations, props, motifs, and reusable assets
- Continuity ledger and change approval
- Platform adaptations and duration bands
- Batch workflow and quality gates
- Measurement and experiment rules

## Failure tests

- Could the concept be described as generic “AI content”?
- Does it require a new premise every episode instead of a repeatable engine?
- Can characters remain recognizable across batches?
- Does the hook promise a payoff the episode cannot deliver?
- Does automation amplify visible defects?
- Would the concept still be valuable if a platform algorithm changes?