The method

Three registers.
One shot.

Every shot in a Didascalies flipbook is read through three lenses. The Making documents how the shot was produced — crew, light, lens. The Frame Speaks reads what the composition argues — axis, poles, thesis. The Bloodline traces the shot's descendants in cinema history.

Your team will apply this method to a film of your choice, one shot at a time, and produce a flipbook indistinguishable from the published Didascalies volumes.

Study a published volume before you start → Open D.O.A. flipbook
Your role

Teams work
by division.

Each team member takes a role. You can divide by shot (each person owns their shots end-to-end) or by register (one person writes all the Making, another all the Frame Speaks).

Shot selector
Chooses which frames matter and why
Making writer
Documents the craft — crew, light, lens
Frame Speaks analyst
Reads the composition — axis, poles, argument
Bloodline researcher
Traces cinematic descendants
Assembler
Merges all sections into the final flipbook
How to start

Set up → build
→ export → hand off.

  1. Set up your project — film title, year, team name, section
  2. Add shots — upload your frame, fill the three registers
  3. Save your work — download your project file after every session
  4. Export your section — hand your JSON file to the assembler
  5. Assembler merges — imports all sections, exports the final flipbook
Your project auto-saves in this browser. Download your project file and keep it in Google Drive — that is your real backup.

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