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POV Hackathon 2: View Eight Web Storytelling Prototypes
View the documentary prototypes made over the span of a single weekend by teams of filmmakers, developers and designers.
Team: Chris Castiglione, Mimi Flynn, Cameron Hickey, Chelsea Matter, Dana Nachman. Bios and Q&A »
About the Project:The Human Experiment is a documentary about the high-stakes battle to protect our health from the thousands of untested chemicals found in our everyday products. Stop the Experiment is its accompanying mobile app.
Technology:
WordPress.org custom installation
Advanced Custom Fields plug-in to create WordPress Custom Fields
Twitter Bootstrap for design elements
The Noun Project for icons
Github‘s free open source package to store source code and let the developers share version-controlled files
Google Docs to share project notes
An enormous white board and blue marker for prototyping initial ideas
Homegoings June 21, 2013 7:30 pm New York, New York Firelight Media, POV and the Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone (UMEZ) present the Harlem premiere of New York filmmaker Christine Turner’s debut feature documentary, Homegoings, at the historic Apollo Theater. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with the film subjects and director Christine Turner. Visit homegoingsharlem.eventbrite.com to register online. First come, first served. Registration does not guarantee admission
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