pOst 3 - abOut the screen + net + mOvie

DID YOU KNOW!
The computer has come a long way!
It first started as an abacus; a simple counting aid (c.3000BC).
AND THEN came the programable calculator in 1941 by Konrad Zuse, a German engineer. In 1947 came the transistor, by Bell Telephone Laboratories. In 1951 the Universal Automatic Computer is developed, it can store 12, 000 digits in random access mercury-delay lines. Texas Instruments and Fairchild semiconductor both announce the integrated circuit in 1959. The IBM 360 is introduced in April of 1964 and quickly becomes the standard institutional mainframe computer. By the mid-80s the 360 and its descendents will have generated more than $100 billion in revenue for IBM.
Doug Engelbart demonstrates in 1968 a word processor, an early hypertext system and a collaborative application: three now common computer applications. Gordon Moore and Robert Noyce found Intel in 1968. Fairchild Semiconductor introduces a 256-bit RAM chip in 1970. 1972: Gary Kildall writes PL/M, the first high-level programming language for the Intel microprocessor. Popular Electronics features the MITS Altair 8800 on its cover, January 1975. It is hailed as the first "personal" computer. Thousands of orders for the 8800 rescue MITS from bankruptcy. 1977: Apple is selling its Apple II for $1,195, including 16K of RAM but no monitor. By 1980 Apple has captured 50% of the personal computer market. In 1980 Microsoft is approached by IBM to develop BASIC for its personal computer project. The IBM PC is released in August, 1981. Microsoft Windows 1.0 ships in November, 1985. Microsoft's sales for 1989 reach $1 billion, the first year to do so.

THEN CAME THE NET!
The concept of linking a large numbers of users to a single computer via remote terminals, is developed at MIT in the late 50s and early 60s. ARPANET goes online in 1969. In 1974 BBN opens the first public packet-switched network - Telenet. Transmission Control Protocol and Internet Protocol is established as the standard for ARPANET in 1982. 1987: the number of network hosts breaks 10,000. 1989: the number of hosts breaks 100,000. Tim Berners-Lee develops the World Wide Web. CERN releases the first Web server in 1991. 1992: the number of hosts breaks 1,000,000. The World Wide Web sports a growth rate of 341,634% in service traffic in its third year, 1993. The main U.S. Internet backbone traffic begins routing through commercial providers as NSFNET reverts to a research network in 1994. The Internet 1996 World Exposition is the first World's Fair to be held on the internet.
http://www.pbs.org/nerds/timeline/

Language of the screen abbreviations :]

VLS/WS:
Very Long Shot/Wide Shot

LS: Long Shot

MLS: Medium Long Shot

MS: Mid Shot

MCU: Medium Close Up



















CU: Close Up

BCU: Big Close Up

ECU: Extreme Close Up






THE BOAT THAT ROCKED!
the - who . what . when . where . how . why


WHO



In this picture, we can see the who!
The who in this movie is not base d on one particular person. It's based on over a dozen individuals, most of which are radio DJs, that share the same residency... which happens to be on a boat anchored in the middle of the North Sea... This is a shot of most of the characters.



WHAT

This picture shows what t he movie is about. It's about a pirate radio station, on a boat in the middle of the North Sea. This shows 'The Count' in action. Different shots of the different DJs at different times of the day show that the station plays rock n roll music all of the day and all of the night! THAT'S what it's all about!



WHEN



This obviously shows the when... but if that doesn't satisfy you, jus t check out the outfits in the movie! It's clearly in the 60's! The 'when' lasts from mid-year 1966 until mid-year 1967.






WHERE

This picture show the Radio Rock boat. This is where the story takes place. There are many shots of the boat througho ut the movie to remind viewers where they are. The boat is in the middle of the North Sea... for the last time...





WHY

The movie is based on an actual Radio Rock boat from the 60's. This shows just one of the 25million people who listened to this station - which works out to be 50% of the population of Britain at the time!! WHY they had this station was becuase the 60's was the biggest time for rock and roll in Britain, yet the BBC radio only played less than 45 mins a day of rock and roll! Many people were against rock n roll as they thought it was merely for the 'law breakers and fornicators' of society. This picture represents how people went out of their way to get their 'fix' of music.


HOW

After all this, you're probably wondering how the hell they all get to the boat if its anchored there! Well... this picture explains. A small boat takes them and others ( lady visitors ;) to the Radio Rock boat.
That's how!!
Without the how, there would be no Boat That Rocked...