Gaffer

Owner: Gaffer (gaffer-e4ff8) · edit only: website/docs/depts/gaffer/
Live: epicmovies.net/homm3/depts/gaffer/
Canon package: gaffer/NECROPOLIS_GRAMMAR.md · LIGHTING_COVERAGE.md · CUT_LIGHT_SEAMS.md · scenes/01–12

Presentation only. Site mood stills and ladder cards do not re-lock lighting. Runtime v7 = 95:30 FROZEN.

Authority

Layer	Status
Lighting / VFX / NECROPOLIS grammar	Gaffer owns
S01–S12 light packages	LOCKED (12/12)
Green-force · gold-ember · sole S12 dissolve	HOLD
Site assets	Mood-ref / NONCANON — not BINDING re-open
Film package	COMPLETE · stand down creative

Green-force ladder

Order (ascending force):

S05 ≤ S09 < S03 < S10 < S11

Scene	Role (one-line)
S05	GREEN-CEILING — Rampart rumor emerald ≤ S03; not Necro mass
S09	Spy-glow after Shot-4 SNAP · intrusion ≤ S05 · presence-not-spell
S03	Ritual / horizon green seed (Enroth sea)
S10	Ember TEASE-THAT-LOSES — flicker-match not the film dissolve
S11	Sole ACTIVE green/red collision · Mass · 12:00 protected

Gold–ember ladder

S03/S04 living gold → S10 40–50% ember tease → S12 dawn land #FFF3D0

• ONE green→gold graded dissolve in the entire film is banked at S12 Shot 5.
• S10 tease must not read as that dissolve.

S08 — RED-ONLY

Lock	Rule
World	Stronghold red war-drum · not Fortress swamp
Shots 5–6	RED-ONLY · zero Necropolis green frame-level
OUT	Hard-silence light drop · not smash green into S09

S12 — SHATTER ≠ DISSOLVE

Two distinct green exits at FILM END:

Beat	Light rule
Shot 2 SHATTER	Hard SNAP · not the dissolve
Shot 5 DISSOLVE	Sole film green→gold graded dissolve
Dawn land	Castle gold / sea-blue · zero residual Necro green · ember #FFF3D0

Palette cards (mood)

Hero / ladder mood stills only — not light canon.

Scene light register (summary)

#	Scene	Light one-liner
01	Assassination	Gold feast vs toxic green seed · Death Ripple grammar
02	Rising	Lich rise SNAP · Mass Animate Dead
03	Queen returns	Enroth sea-light · HARD CUT OUT (dissolve banked S12)
04	Muster	Castle gold · sea-horizon match-dissolve OUT
05	Leaderless land	GREEN-CEILING rumor only
06	Elven bargain	Tower cyan · ZERO green S06→S07
07	Towers & barbarians	Fortress swamp → firelight smash-prep to S08
08	War drums	RED-ONLY 5–6 · hard-silence OUT
09	Gates of fire	Spy-glow after SNAP ≤ S05
10	Underworld bargain	Ember tease · HARD CUT OUT
11	Elemental awakening	Sole ACTIVE green/red · 12:00
12	The clash	SHATTER ≠ DISSOLVE · ONE dissolve · dawn land

Full specs live under monorepo gaffer/scenes/ · coverage: gaffer/LIGHTING_COVERAGE.md.

Asset manifest

Drop folder: website/docs/public/assets/gaffer/ · see MANIFEST.md there.

Kind	Count
Mood stills (jpg)	6
Ladder cards (svg)	4

Constraints (held)

• No ladder re-lock from this page
• No S13 invent · no Phase 9 re-open
• Runtime 95:30/v7 FROZEN
• Site = presentation · Gaffer stands down creative unless PM re-opens

Paths ready for Director index + rebuild:

• website/docs/depts/gaffer/index.md
• website/docs/public/assets/gaffer/* (stills + SVGs + MANIFEST)