Drumbeat/webmademovies
This is the wiki for Web Made Movies, an open video software lab that is part of Mozilla's Drumbeat initiative.
If you want to get involved, you've come to the right place!
About
Web Made Movies is a software lab dedicated to transforming the way we create and experience video on the web. Its a way for filmmakers and software developers to work together to create video in an open source, participatory process. The aim of this project is to think outside the familiar player window, beyond the TV on-demand model, and envision what online video can be when it is woven into the fabric of the web. Open web technologies like HTML5 video, svg, canvas, javascript, and Firefox make all this and more possible—not to mention applications we can’t yet imagine. But more importantly, creative people make this possible. WebMadeMovies will bring all of these elements together to advance the state of the art.
Roadmap
June-July 2010
- 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
July-August
- launching of webmademovies.org, a blog and demo showcase
- Premiere of Web Made Movies episode #1 at Whistler Summit
- Software Sprint #2 – FISL conference, Porto Allegre Brazil
- Web Made Movies episode #2 – What is FISL?
- popcorn.js 0.2
August-September
- popcorn.js 0.3
- Invites to other video software hackers to join the initiative
September October
- Software Sprint #3 – Open Video Conference, NYC
- Web Made Movies episode #2 – 24 hour film contest with OVC
- popcorn.js 0.4
October-November
- Software Sprint #4 – Lebanon
- Web Made Movies episode #4
- popcorn.js 0.5
- Software Sprint #5 – Barcelona, Drumbeat Festival
December
- regroup!
- continued work with Seneca CDOT on popcorn.js
2011 goals
- popcorn.js is being used by a small but growing number of filmmakers
- Web Made Movies is home to several professional filmmaking projects that are contributing content and resources
- A diverse collection of HTML5 demos exist as reference implementations for other filmmakers to understand the creative potential of open video
- HTML5 video is not only a viable alternative to flash, but promises more