Participants: Arseni, Mira Type: ops_call Approximate duration: 8 minutes Date logged: 2026-01-10 Notion: Not created from this environment
The main issue was not visual execution but David changing his mind about the wording after quotes had already been selected and approved. Arseni made clear that this creates unfair rework costs because the editor executed against approved inputs.
The call distinguished between two different complaints: bad content choices versus David simply disliking the feel of captions. The likely direction was to stop forcing captions when the clip works better as an energy-based visual piece.
The conversation touched on whether all relevant source videos are transcribed and easy to search. That matters because future quote-selection and scripting work becomes much faster if the team can pull text from a structured archive instead of rewatching raw footage every time.
— Arseni, re: repeated quote changes: "You approved them. And based on your approved quotes, I'm doing grid."
— Arseni, re: editor accountability: "We have to pay Eduardo because it's not Eduardo's fault that he doesn't like his quote."
— iHouse side, re: caption strategy: "Let's not use captions because this is about the energy."