[LINK] Optus launches mobile film competition

[Eleanor Lister]

David Boxall wrote:
> I've seen video on a 95mm screen and it was surprisingly watchable. 
> Mobile phone screens, however, are generally much smaller than that.  
> Is there a market for video on such tiny screens?
>

actually, the thing to judge is the viewing angle - try this quick quiz:

- sit where you usually do in the room where your TV is

- whip out your mobile phone and hold it as if you were watching a movie 
on it

- close one eye and compare the apparent visual size of your TV screen 
and mobile phone screen

- you will notice the that mobile's screen would obscure a big 
proportion of the TV screen, usually between 1/4 and 1/2 the width and 
height

- looked at from that point of view, your small screen looks way more 
impressive

which is why there is a very real market for video on mobiles.
> <http://www.itnews.com.au/newsstory.aspx?CIaNID=36944&eid=3&edate=20060913> 
>
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> Optus launches mobile film competition
> By Staff writers, iTnews      13 September 2006 13:22 AEST      
> Telco/ISP    
>
> Optus has partnered with MTV and Sony Ericsson to launch a new program 
> aimed at sourcing mobile content from the local film and television 
> industry.
>
> The One80Project invites writers, directors and producers to create a 
> 3 minute
> Script and pilot suitable for viewed on a mobile phone.
> ..
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Eleanor Ashley Lister
South Sydney Greens
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