Decision Log
Use this page for decisions that change production canon. Newest entries go first.
| Date | Area | Decision | Status | Affected pages |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-26 | Shot timing | Import the finished Suno song into Palmier, transcribe it with Whisper, review the exact timecodes, and derive shot ranges before Anima storyboarding | Approved | Music and Voices, Visual Pipeline, Episode Template |
| 2026-07-26 | Pipeline order | Suno is always the first media-generation stage; lock its selected audio and timing map before Anima storyboarding, then use Wan and finish in Palmier | Approved | Music and Voices, Visual Pipeline, Little Lanterns Format |
| 2026-07-26 | Series structure | Every Little Lanterns season contains 26 A–Z episodes; Alphabet Adventures is the recurring series format rather than a standalone generic season theme | Approved | Little Lanterns, Seasons |
| 2026-07-26 | Season 01 slate | Adopt the supplied A–Z titles and loglines as the complete candidate episode slate for Alphabet Adventures | Candidate | Season 01 — Alphabet Adventures |
| 2026-07-26 | Season architecture | Evaluate 26 alphabet-season themes against visual variety and production yield; develop Alphabet Adventures, Animal, Tasty, Music, and Bible as the proposed first five | Candidate | Seasons |
| 2026-07-26 | Media finishing | Finalize all selected episode media in Palmier for now; keep SmartGallery as the review and DAM layer | Approved interim | Visual Pipeline, Asset Review, Workflow Registry |
| 2026-07-26 | Initial production pipeline | Generate one approved Anima first frame per storyboard shot, animate it with local Wan 2.2 14B image-to-video, and generate music plus narration with Suno | Superseded ordering | Visual Pipeline, Music and Voices, Workflow Registry |
| 2026-07-26 | Production bible | Repurpose the deprecated FaithOriginals.Media build wiki as The Lantern Club Production Bible | Approved | Home |
| 2026-07-26 | Series engine | Develop Little Lanterns as recurring alphabet seasons with Lumi and Pip | Candidate | Little Lanterns, Seasons |
| 2026-07-26 | Episode format | Test a 4–5 minute Find → Meet → Help → Discover → Sing → Shine structure | Candidate | Little Lanterns Format |
| 2026-07-26 | Image format | Use 864 × 1152 as the 3:4 portrait storyboard baseline | Candidate | Visual Pipeline |
| 2026-07-26 | Prompting | Store human-readable structured prompts and compile model-specific text | Candidate | Prompt Architecture |
Entry rule
A decision should say what changed, whether it is Candidate or Approved, and which source pages now carry the rule. Do not use the log as a substitute for updating those pages.