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Public Roadmap

Web Made Movies is a strong brand recognized as an innovator at the intersection of film and the web - proof that openness can win in film

It is a vibrant, bustling studio - picture a movie set of the 1930s, where instead of props and a camera department, you have independent filmmakers, CSS hackers, cross-media scriptwriters, Javascript wizards, PHP developers and graphic designers all collaborating on cutting edge productions. The software and content people are working as a team, rather than service relationships.

At least 5 high profile productions have engaged with the lab to produce world-class experiences that showcase the potential of open video. These productions innovate not only technology, but how storytelling and narrative can evolve when woven into the web. They showcase what the open web can deliver as a platform that flash never will.

A collection of technologies including pocorn.js that begin to catch fire in the wild, driving innovation in unexpected directions

Buzz. Web Made Movies productions begin to appear at film festivals and interactive events such as Sundance, TIFF, IDFA and SXSW. People reference Web Made Movies open video productions rather than current flash-based multimedia

We've laid the runway for the project, and are beginning to invite the world

6 Engaging working demos prove the advantage of open video
Filmmakers are eager to join the lab, bringing productions in all stages: development, production and distribution, to work with the lab
Web Made Movies has talent cued up to absorb these people and leverage their content
Popcorn.js is at 1.0, driving forward via daily work from students and Seneca College
To engage audiences, strong content is being produced natively by the lab to kickstart the process - a series of videos about the open web evokes our philosophy and helps our fellow travelers.

creation of popcorn.js – Javascript library for video
- launch of a javascript library to maniplate browser based video
- Associated resources to support development, ie IRC, Github, Lighthouse

Software Sprint #1 - partnership with Seneca College's Centre for Development of Open Technology
- Continuing the tradition of Seneca/Mozilla partnership, the team behind the succesful porting of Processing to processing.js will begin the first HTML5 video javascript library for browser based video

Editing of initial videos for WebMadeMovies Episode #1 – what is the open web?
- Content for this intitial sprint will include interviews with Jonathan Zittrain, Joi Ito, interviews from ROFLCon, local motors, The Village Telco and the GrassRootsMapping project to map the Louisiana Oil Spill
popcorn.js 0.1
- a first release is open to the community

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 * It is a vibrant, bustling studio - picture a movie set of the 1930s, where instead of props and a camera department, you have independent filmmakers, CSS hackers, cross-media scriptwriters, Javascript wizards, PHP developers and graphic designers all collaborating on cutting edge productions.  The software and content people are working as a team, rather than service relationships.  <br>