So, the time has come for me to give you a peek at what I’ve been working on for the past month. OpenIndie is starting to look, a little at least, like a website. Which is massively exciting for Arin and I but also we hope for all of you who have helped make this possible.

Before you check out the video walk through below, please keep in mind that the site has not had any design applied to it and there will be bugs and debug code on screen. This isn’t normally a phase of development, in a site of this size, which gets to be seen by the public so understandably, as a Developer, I’m a little nervous about this process.

The site’s core functionality is in place. Meaning all the social features work plus you can add films, request films, and create/attend screenings etc. The process isn’t necessarily pretty or 100% user friendly yet but its functions and thankfully all the geo-location gubbins are working as intended.

NOTE: you might need to crank your sound, my mic is out of commission at the moment so I was using my built in MBP microphone.

As I mentioned in the video, once the screening was created because according to OpenIndie’s database the venue where Zak is screening We Live In Public (my old house) in within 50miles of my new house and I have requested We Live In Public I will receive an email telling me when, where and who is screening the film. I am then given the option to RSVP to that screening.

Likewise, I also promised a sneak peek at some of the design work that’s being produced by James Franklin from Pixeco. Here’s just a taster to whet your appetite. This is the first design James produced, things have evolved a lot from this design but it gives a good idea of what we’re thinking.

Please note you should ignore all logos and branding on this image as those shown are temporary. I should also note that all the films and users featured on this design are not necessarily anything to do with OpenIndie they are simply posters of films that came to mind and user icons taken from random folks I follow on Twitter.

(click image to view full design)

For the code monkeys amongst you, here’s an update on the vitals:

21,524 lines of code

19 models, 87 views, 31 controllers

20 database tables

And finally I’d like to say we very much welcome your feedback and that there is even more design insights to come in our Phase Two campaign video which is coming very soon!

Kieran Masterton

OpenIndie Co-Founder