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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.

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Feed Me A Story

Watch a demo of the Feed Me A Story iPad app prototype developed at POV Hackathon.

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Team: Steve Bussetti, Adam Chromicz, Pam Jue, Theresa Loong, Laura Nova, and Shana Cohen (mentor). Bios and Q&A »

About the Project: Feed Me a Story is a transmedia project that encourages the sharing of secret family recipes in a documentary-style food truck, video cookbook and Web application.

Technology:

  • Django web framework used for administrative interface, URL routing and business logic.
  • HTML5 Boilerplate to create a base for the user interface.
  • Wordnet to create a lexical database for fuzzy emotion matching.
  • GitHub, used as a repository for collaborating on and development of assets.

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Shannon Carroll
Shannon Carroll
Shannon is a Web Producer in POV’s Digital Department, where she creates and maintains the front end of POV’s digital properties, including web-based applications, documentary companion site features, and special projects. She is currently a Collaborative Fellow at UnionDocs, a center for documentary art. Follow her on Twitter @Shannon_Carroll. Her favorite documentaries include: Last Train Home – Lixin Fan 5 Broken Cameras – Emad Burnat, Guy Davidi Waltz with Bashir – Ari Folman Iraq in Fragments – James Longley Night and Fog – Alain Resnais