Film & New Media

Thoughtden were lucky enough to speak at Cineformation's last event at the Watershed: Film & New Media. Not only was it a great chance to share ideas with like minded people, we also tested Compila, the open-source Bluetooth software, by spamming the room with Dude Corp videos and the results of our group brainstorm session.

The brainstorming was great fun and we came up with some bizarre scenarios to explore how people might access and pay for video content on mobile devices. Though no solid conclusions were drawn, it was in enlightening half an hour all the same. The industry is moving so fast at the moment it's impossible to determine exactly how we'll be using our mobiles in 12 months time.

As for the results of the Happy Fountains experiment, people were far more keen to watch the Dude Corp videos than look over the JPEGs we produced. Humour was a BIG factor when deciding what content would be allowed onto peoples' phones.