Team Toolkit
The complete resource package given to every hackathon team — event rules, the production playbook, and detailed role-specific guides for each crew position.
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Event Overview
Hackathon Team Event Guide
The starting point for every crew — challenge format, team structure, submission requirements, the Gated Milestone Protocol, and documentary integration.
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The Production Playbook
Video Production Playbook
The 7-step operational manual for moving from a blank page to a finished cinematic short — concept, scripting, character workshop, storyboard, principal photography, soundstage, and final assembly. Includes genre discipline guidelines, visual-audio agreement rules, and verification checklists.
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Agent Architecture
How the coordinator, coaches, and 3-person crews are organized — and how each role contributes across the 7 production pipeline stages.
Crew Position Guides
Each role has a detailed adjunct document with mandates, checklists, and step-by-step procedures. Read your role guide alongside the production playbook.
Idea Person
Creative Director
Narrative ownership, scripting architecture, character profiling, genre integrity strategies, shot audio classification, and the Executive Producer review role.
- • Genre Integrity — 5 strategies for fighting AI drift
- • Beat Sheet architecture & audio classification
- • Motion prompt writing for every shot
- • Executive Producer final review
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Technical Lead
Director of Photography
Synthesis pipeline operation, character reference chains, video generation with Veo 3.1, extend safety protocols, shot manifests, and voiceover generation.
- • 4-image character reference chain procedure
- • Storyboard generation & reference chaining
- • Veo 3.1 principal photography workflow
- • TTS voiceover & Lyria score generation
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Editor
Post-Production Lead
Pacing review, duration verification, the Takes protocol, Timeline JSON creation, final assembly with genmedia-assemble, and audio mixing.
- • Mathematical pacing review procedure
- • Takes protocol & verify-dailies gate
- • Timeline JSON specification
- • Final cut assembly & audio mixing
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Reference Reading
Supporting research and analysis documents recommended for team members.
Anatomy of a Winning Short Film
Analysis of story structure, pacing, and visual grammar in award-winning short films. Required reading for all Idea Persons before writing the treatment.
Audio CLI Editing Reference
Command-line audio editing techniques and tools for post-production sound design, mixing, and VO synchronization.
More Project Documentation
Project briefs, coordinator playbooks, friction logs from all 10 pilot rounds, and technical research reports.
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