{
  "project": "Dance Of",
  "stage": 3,
  "benchmark": "Kelly-Daniel bus-arrival exchange",
  "master_source": "Dance_Of_Character_Continuity_Review_v0.10.mp4",
  "master_locked": true,
  "output": {
    "filename": "Dance_Of_Kelly_Daniel_Step3_Benchmark_v0.1.mp4",
    "width": 1280,
    "height": 720,
    "fps": 24,
    "video_codec": "h264",
    "audio_codec": "aac",
    "audio_sample_rate": 48000
  },
  "characters": {
    "kelly": {
      "identity": "approved v0.10 blonde Kelly",
      "performance": "vulnerable, overwhelmed, respectful, internally relieved",
      "prohibited": ["muscular build", "short stature", "melodrama", "submissive posture", "identity drift"]
    },
    "daniel": {
      "identity": "approved older Black bus driver",
      "performance": "fatherly, observant, reassuring, practical",
      "prohibited": ["romantic tone", "exaggerated gesture", "identity drift"]
    }
  },
  "scene_locks": [
    "passengers exit through front only",
    "rear bus area closed and empty",
    "Kelly lingers behind Daniel",
    "Kelly exits last",
    "Daniel handles final bag",
    "boxed-in cream terminal atmosphere",
    "no color grading"
  ],
  "dialogue_file": "../dialogue/approved_dialogue.txt",
  "qc_file": "../qc/qc_scorecard.md"
}