Before there’s a full guide, there’s a framework: what does it actually mean to make something for this format? Winding forward and backward, changing speed, settling on a single frame to study rather than always moving, aren’t incidental controls. They’re the actual creative surface of the medium.
This entry is the start of a running set of notes, friendly rules more than strict ones, on how footage made specifically for a hand-cranked loop viewer might want to behave differently than footage made for a screen with a play button.