Lecture 6 Summary

Declaring that it would be the last time he graced us with his presence, Josh, the lecturer from the Gold Coast had a number of things to say on the Big and Small screen. And here we go: Beginning with the whiteboard, Josh wrote the title "Consumption & Production" and then separately created a split-graph with the appropriate headings: 'Big Screen' and 'Small Screen'. His idea for this lecture was to educate us on our understanding of the 'screens' the 'monitors' that we encounter and view from, day by day, and in which category they should fall into. The Cinema, the common household Television and the PC, he considered 'Big Screen' as they are mostly 'Shared' screens; but Fixed Media Players (like LCD monitors in cars), Personal media Players (like iPods and portable DVD players) and Mobile's are 'Small Screens' and therefore are considered 'Private'.

Posing the question, "Why is it that '3G Mobile' entertainment is lacking TV content" someone shouted from beyond view: "The Episodes are simply too big!" Which segued into a discussion on the efficiency and evolution of 3G carriers and the entertainment they choose to distribute.

Lightening the lecture up, we turned to YouTube. Josh introduced to us the notion of the 'Fan film' and screened an Australian's rendition of Danny Boyle's zombie "28 Days Later" film. Mediocre i must say. The Fan Edit was next, introducing film's like "Star Wars: The Phantom Edit" - an example of a motion picture re-edited by an unsatisfied fan and subsequently the more comedic "Mash-Up" a 're-cutting' or 're-genre' of an existing film, it's trailer remade to suggest a different generic category.