I think I should outline and give some details about my upcomming project Pirate Cinema.

What is Pirate Cinema?

Pirate Cinema is the regular event of ‘broadcasting’ mainstream films for free to a public audience using projection and transmission technologies. The video image of the film is projected onto nearby walls, buildings etc. which will attract attention from the nearby public and the audio of the film is transmitted using an FM transmitter - a fairly recent gadget commonly used for mp3 players to play on car stereos.

These events could then be curated and organised using popular social networking sites so that people can anonymously attend (whether with personal mp3 players or car stereos etc) without attracting attention from the authorities, then leave again.

Technical Description:

As mentioned, Pirate Cinema will be using projection and transmission technologies. The project is basically in two parts, the visual and audio. Using a lumen based projector, the visual video part of the film would be projected from a laptop that is playing the film using an adaptor from the laptop to the projector. The audio of the film will then be transmitted at the same time whilst synchronised by using an FM transmitter. The audio can then be received by the viewer with a portable radio, a personal mp3 player or even a car stereo.
A generator can be used to make the system portable which would then allow the projection to be played in a number of places and especially allow the speedy getaway if needed

Target Audiences:

As Pirate Cinema takes place in a public environment, the event is open to anyone to watch, and if they have some sort of FM receiver, the audio too.

The project is mainly aimed at a youngish audience who have no qualms over watching films for free. This would generally be anywhere from 16-30 both male and female but is very open to other ages, but by judging by the general demographic of the age of visitors to the local cinema, most people fall into that age.