Pixilation practical production

Past Audio Visual production projects

This was a end of year 13 project which I put together for my form. It's a spoof of "It's raining men" by Gerri Halliwell and had one of the best times filming, editing and producing this piece of work. It's one of my finest to date.



This was my year 13 media coursework production. While not my best work, it was the first longest film I made.

OLED's

While OLED's are not a direct recent multimedia technology, their application and constant development integrated into multimedia appliances has only recently come about. In recent times there has been a new fashion of applying OLED (organic light emitting diode) into mobile phone handsets, which gives the display a clearer and much better viewing in broad day light and the viewing angles meaning that the display appears brighter and colours do not get washed out as easily. Soon enough, the OLED display will give developers a major form of control on the thickness of their handsets as OLED displays are significant thinner. And while the discovery of OLED's is not that significantly recent, its only really just come about into the market, especially with the release of the new Nokia N-series mobile the N85 which has the largest OLED display yet (2.6 inches). However, there is more to the application of the OLED than just the display market.

Due to the nature of the OLED's, it will have a massive impact on society when it becomes mass marketed and produced OLED displays do not consume as much energy. This is because when there is black on the display, the OLED signals are off which gives off no energy for black area's while a standard LCD display will just dampen the LED to give off the black. Also, OLED's do not need a backlight which other displays due such as the aforementioned LCD. Because of this, the impact that it will have on society will be massive due to the growing concern on carbon footprints and the consumption and consequent wastage of energy and electricity. If OLED's are applied into more mass produced technologies then the total energy wastage will be severely improved.

Not only is the the development of the OLED beneficial to the environment, but other future applications of it for the multmedia world can be considered. Due to the nature of the OLED display, it could be applied to pliable materials and media forms such as newspapers which could be a single sheet of printed OLED's which are then foldable, which each page being able to changed to the next page. This then could be converged with touch screen technology to make a multi-interactive application which could be used for future gaming consoles and further developments in the mobile handset market.

References and further information:

http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/oled5.htm

http://www.about-oled.com/advantages-and-drawbacks.html

http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/oled3.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organic_light-emitting_diode

What did I do on the first week?
The first week was just about me getting situated into a new strange place and getting to know my flat mates who I would be living with for a year. After copious amounts of alcohol, socialising with everyone became easy. In short, what I did in my first week was enjoy myself and know that I will enjoy it here for the rest of my 3 years.

What do I want to get out of the course after the 3 years?
After the 3 years, I don't want to just come out of the course with a broad skill set in various areas of multimedia. I want to become a multimedia practioner which the course has taught me how to easily transcend my creative and interactive ideas into coming applicable and enjoyable to either watch or apply in what ever means it was designed for. I want to be able to apply my imagination and creativity into many projects during the 3 years, and after the course has finished, then continue this process into other freelancing or commision based work.