Mini-series for upwardly mobile Chinese
Jonathan Watts in Beijing, Wednesday June 29, 2005, The Guardian
It's a mini-series for the smallest of screens. But in technological terms, the romantic drama Appointment is a great leap forward. A media group in China has filmed a soap opera to be broadcast only on mobile phones. Each of the five episodes, about two bikers vying for the love of a beauti ful woman, will last five minutes. There is very little dialogue and a lot of close-ups of characters striking exaggerated poses in the cinematic equivalent of a haiku.
It's a mini-series for the smallest of screens. But in technological terms, the romantic drama Appointment is a great leap forward. A media group in China has filmed a soap opera to be broadcast only on mobile phones. Each of the five episodes, about two bikers vying for the love of a beauti ful woman, will last five minutes. There is very little dialogue and a lot of close-ups of characters striking exaggerated poses in the cinematic equivalent of a haiku.
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