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The motto: '''Less yak, more hack!''' | The motto: '''Less yak, more hack!''' | ||
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Participants will learn about the power of web cinema, how to develop projects based on their interests, and about the benefits of collaboration and working in the open. | Participants will learn about the power of web cinema, how to develop projects based on their interests, and about the benefits of collaboration and working in the open. | ||
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== Who == | == Who == | ||
Teams consist of: | Teams consist of: | ||
* Video-makers with an existing project | * Video-makers with an existing project | ||
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=== Pre-Hack Jam Engagement === | === Pre-Hack Jam Engagement === | ||
[[File:Popcorn_hackjam3.png| | [[File:Popcorn_hackjam3.png|right]] | ||
Mozilla and partners identify the participating video projects. '''Ideal candidates are video-makers with existing video and a vision for improving it with interaction on the web.''' | Mozilla and partners identify the participating video projects. '''Ideal candidates are video-makers with existing video and a vision for improving it with interaction on the web.''' | ||
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All the participants and facilitators meet on Day 1 for a '''group briefing.''' Demos of web cinema, including common templates and plugins, are shown and discussed. If needed, a quick crash-course on Popcorn will be provided. Each project presents it’s vision for the hack jam. | All the participants and facilitators meet on Day 1 for a '''group briefing.''' Demos of web cinema, including common templates and plugins, are shown and discussed. If needed, a quick crash-course on Popcorn will be provided. Each project presents it’s vision for the hack jam. | ||
[[File:Popcorn_hackjam4.png| | [[File:Popcorn_hackjam4.png|left]] | ||
The group breaks into the small teams and '''determine how they’ll work together.''' Some might use napkin-sketches to quickly test ideas and interfaces. Some might already have code prepared. Some might address shared problems and team up. This is where facilitators can be especially helpful ensuring each team makes the most out of the time together. | The group breaks into the small teams and '''determine how they’ll work together.''' Some might use napkin-sketches to quickly test ideas and interfaces. Some might already have code prepared. Some might address shared problems and team up. This is where facilitators can be especially helpful ensuring each team makes the most out of the time together. | ||
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Two-thirds through Day 1, '''projects should be writing code''' and creating the broad strokes of their experience. Day 1 ends with a group recap of where each project stands and would like to achieve the next day. | Two-thirds through Day 1, '''projects should be writing code''' and creating the broad strokes of their experience. Day 1 ends with a group recap of where each project stands and would like to achieve the next day. | ||
[[File:Popcorn_hackjam5.png| | [[File:Popcorn_hackjam5.png|right]] | ||
Day 2 opens with a quick welcome, and teams go to work on their project. The remainder of the day is a '''“sprint to the finish”''', always with the expectation that teams will “ship” a final project at a screening and party. | Day 2 opens with a quick welcome, and teams go to work on their project. The remainder of the day is a '''“sprint to the finish”''', always with the expectation that teams will “ship” a final project at a screening and party. | ||