streaming movies are films that consciously deal with the esthetical and technical parameters of audio and video signals sent over the internet (streaming). interesting in this regard is not the prospect of a worldwide proliferation of this new technology, but its influence on the traditional means of narration in film.

fundamental to streaming is the process of encoding, transforming, re-assembling and interrupting the flow of images, as well as the related alteration of the sound. a particularity is the option to send and receive the "film" material live during its production, unlike movies, for instance, that have been produced with macromedia flash. blurred and unrecognisable images or noise interference are voluntary and sometimes even provoked. the intended presence of the movie is only reached in full screen mode. everything happens on a rather low technical level in order to be comprehensible for most users.

the proliferation of broadband internet access should not make us forget that there is still only a restricted circle of people who are able to receive motion images in nearly original quality over the internet. nevertheless it is obvious that the issue of this web page is very specific and rather ephemeral.

the web cast group pingfm is experimenting with the esthetical and communicative possibilities, and most of all impossibilities, of streaming media since summer 2000. in november 2001 we filled a movie theatre with "made for fullscreen" films for the first time. this web site is a result and continuation of the project we started back then.


until now, all movies are only available as realplayer files. they are made for fullscreen!