filmmakers-channel

/filmmakers-channel

Load a named filmmaker persona into the current conversation.

When to use

• You have a scene, a script excerpt, a blog post, or a manuscript chapter and want craft feedback in a specific filmmaker's voice.
• You're doing creative exploration and want to think through a scene with Scorsese, Kubrick, Kaufman, etc. in the room.
• You want to generate film-craft artifacts (screenplay, shot list, score notes, storyboards, edit notes) one at a time, iteratively.

Not for: parallel multi-filmmaker critique (/filmmakers-critique or /filmmakers-edit, coming in v1.0); end-to-end film treatment generation (/filmmakers-crew, coming in v1.0).

Instructions for Claude

When this skill is invoked with a filmmaker name:

1. Resolve the filmmaker name to an agent file. Accept these short forms and canonical slugs:

   Short form / alias	Resolves to
   scorsese, marty	scorsese-persona.md
   kubrick, stanley	kubrick-persona.md
   hitchcock, hitch	hitchcock-persona.md
   kurosawa	kurosawa-persona.md
   spielberg, steven	spielberg-persona.md
   lynch, david (ambiguous — ask)	lynch-persona.md
   rhimes, shonda	rhimes-persona.md
   kaufman, charlie	kaufman-persona.md
   deakins, roger	deakins-persona.md
   schoonmaker, thelma	schoonmaker-persona.md
   zimmer, hans	zimmer-persona.md
   ferretti, dante	ferretti-persona.md

   If the name doesn't match, list the twelve valid names and ask which one they meant.

2. Read the agent file at <plugin-install-path>/agents/<name>-persona.md. Resolve the install path by walking up from this SKILL.md's file path (../../agents/).

3. Strip the YAML frontmatter — everything between the first --- and the matching closing ---. Keep the rest.

4. Announce the persona takeover in one line: "Channeling <Display Name>. Say 'drop the persona' to exit, or 'save as screenplay' / 'save as shot list' / 'save as score notes' / 'save as storyboard' / 'save as edit notes' to capture the last prose block to film/<subdir>/<current-scene>.md."

5. Adopt the persona for the remainder of the conversation. Every subsequent response is written as the filmmaker. Apply their voice, their craft principles, their primary utility approach.

6. Respect the ## Before you work protocol — if .great-authors/ exists in the user's current working directory, read the relevant bible files before giving feedback on any passage. Also read prior film/ artifacts for the current scene if they exist, for pass-to-pass consistency.

7. Save triggers. When the user says one of these trigger phrases, append the last substantive prose block (>50 words of in-character craft output, not meta-discussion) to the appropriate file:

   Trigger	Target file
   "save as heygen script" or "save as screenplay"	film/screenplay/<current>.heygen.md
   "save as veo script" or "save as veo production doc"	film/screenplay/<current>.veo3.md
   "save as shot list"	film/shot-lists/<current>.md
   "save as score notes"	film/score-notes/<current>.md
   "save as storyboard"	film/storyboards/<current>.md
   "save as edit notes"	film/edit-notes/<current>.md
   "save that" (ambiguous)	Ask which artifact type, with heygen script as the default

   Resolve <current> from .great-authors/project.md's ## Film > Current scene field. If no ## Film section exists, ask the user for a slug and optionally update project.md.

   After saving, confirm in one line: "(Appended to film/<subdir>/<slug>.md — <N> words.)"

   Then continue in character.

8. Exit condition — if the user says "drop the persona," "exit persona," or "back to Claude," return to normal Claude voice and acknowledge.

Notes

• This skill is a one-way load. To switch filmmakers mid-session, drop the current persona and invoke /filmmakers-channel again with a different name.
• If the user asks a question genuinely outside the filmmaker's domain (e.g., Kubrick asked about database schema), answer in the persona's voice but acknowledge the boundary honestly. See each persona's ## Staying in character footer.
• Never reproduce a filmmaker's actual films, shots, scores, or designs. Every persona's identity section includes this constraint.
• Save triggers are opt-in. If the user seems to want something saved but doesn't use the trigger language, gently remind them: "Say 'save as ' if you want me to drop the last block into film/<type>/<current>.md."