How to Make a KTL Film

The official rules, one piece at a time.

• • KTL ADMIN The whole game in one minute

    Every Monday night three dice are rolled on stage in Atlanta. They make a prompt. You have a week t…
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  • KTL ADMIN The week — when everything happens

    Everything runs on 11:48 Eastern. That is the whole clock. Monday, 11:48 PM — the dice roll on sta…
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  • KTL ADMIN Reading your rule code

    A rule code is four letters and three characters: KTL followed by the D6, the D10 and the D20. Read…
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  • KTL ADMIN The first two dice — how many, and of what

    The D6 is the amount. It always means exactly that many. Never at least, never up to. A 3 means 3. …
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  • KTL ADMIN The D20 — the twenty constraints

    Twenty consonants, each with a fixed rule. The number in brackets is what the D6 replaces on a lett…
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  • KTL ADMIN Special rolls

    Three D10 faces change the shape of the week rather than adding a restriction. D10 = 6 — the runtim…
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  • KTL ADMIN The Base Set — a simpler version

    A smaller game for schools, libraries, family rolls, or any host who wants every prompt finishable …
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  • KTL ADMIN Credits — the six roles

    Every film has exactly one Director: whoever submitted it. Everyone else is added on the credits fo…
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  • KTL ADMIN Scoring — frames, S-Level and badges

    A frame is the unit of progress, named for the 24 frames in a second of film. Direct a film → 1 fr…
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  • KTL ADMIN Numbers and Consonants

    Two collections, tracked only from films you have directed. Numbers — the ten D10 digits, 0 throug…
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  • KTL ADMIN Debut, mature content, and the live show

    Three optional things on the submission form. The Debut. Your first film ever shown publicly anywhe…
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