CREATOR REVIEW BRIEF — fictional source; no connected publishing account.

Cedar Lantern is a small fictional video studio preparing the Alder Prints product-explainer project. Its approved scope is eight clips and a total production budget of USD 480, not USD 480 per clip. The final release target is 23 October 2026 at 15:00 Europe/London. An earlier suggestion of 16 October was superseded at the planning review on 3 October; do not treat the earlier date as current.

The three approved next steps are to record a licensed voice track, prepare English and Chinese caption drafts, and verify the product specifications with the shop owner. Caption drafts and specifications require owner review before publication. The deadline is a target, not a guaranteed delivery promise. No clip has been published, and no publishing action is requested.

Actual view counts and return on investment are unknown because the project has not launched. The reviewer needs a compact factual brief that keeps the current eight-clip scope, total budget, release target, human review and unknown results separate from promotional claims.