Glossary

The language of character activation.

Customer-friendly definitions for the terms Leonic uses to scope, plan, deliver, and improve recurring animated story arcs.

Activation Opportunity

A defined character-role placement inside a story moment or fan touchpoint, connected to a desired fan action.

Activation Story Arc

A fixed-scope campaign built around two primary AOs and two launch-ready animated storybeat assets.

Story Moment

A short-form animated beat where the character has a specific role, context, and audience-facing purpose.

Baseline Snapshot

A quick starting-point review of recent comparable content and available engagement context.

Fulfillment & Insight Report

A summary of what was delivered, what happened after launch, what signals appeared, and what was learned.

Next-Arc Recommendation

A focused recommendation for what to make next and why, based on the Arc and audience signals.

Character Integrity Guardrails

Approval and consistency rules that protect character identity, voice, visuals, role fit, format, and animatic boundaries.

Character Intent Lock

The character's core drive: what they want, why they want it, and what they would not do.

Tone / Voice Lock

The agreed range for how the character sounds, speaks, jokes, reacts, and avoids off-brand expression.

Visual Signature Lock

The recognizable silhouette, proportions, palette, pose language, and design cues that must stay intact.

Role-Fit Lock

The rule that keeps the character in the selected hero, supporting, cameo, or recurring format role.

Channel / Format Lock

The approved channels, ratios, formats, and delivery boundaries for the Arc.

Animatic Lock

The approved animatic becomes the creative boundary before production proceeds.

Hero Role AO

The character is the main on-screen anchor of the story moment.

Supporting Role AO

The character meaningfully contributes without being the main anchor.

Cameo Role AO

A short appearance designed for recognition and frequent touchpoints.

Recurring Format Role AO

A character placement inside a repeatable format designed for cadence.

Character Brand Building

Using recurring character storytelling to strengthen recognition, emotional connection, and brand memory.

Character IP

A character, mascot, persona, world, or recognizable brand asset with audience-facing story potential.

Fan Activation

Moving an audience from passive attention into a meaningful action such as follow, share, click, sign up, buy, or join.

Audience Engagement Signals

Behavioral clues such as comments, saves, shares, clicks, watch patterns, and responses that inform future story choices.

DFY

Done-for-you execution where Leonic handles the work end to end within agreed scope.

DWY

Done-with-you collaboration through structured working sessions and clear boundaries.