Twitter Narrative Individual Summary by Zoe

1.      The surprise part. Actually, before we start, we had the frame of the story, so I thought we could just create our narrative according to the frame at first. But when we really began our Twitter narrative, I understood that plans can't keep up with changes. First, we did not make it clear why we should use the hashtag # ContainMyself in our frame, so when we used it in our narrative, it was quite wired so that it surprised me a lot. At the beginning, we thought it was a way to show the love for the company. In addition, we thought by using this hashtag and including the word “contain”, our twitter robot can easily “favorite” and “retweet” our tweets because “Contain” is the key term for our twitter robot to search for. But the fact was that the two of the characters argued with each other, so they did not use this hashtag in every tweet (if they did, the audience would be confused). In order to deal with it, we decided to include the hashtag only when it was necessary. But the new problem came, how could Jen calculate our numbers of tweets at last since we just reply to each other? Then we decided that our twitter robot would “retweet” every tweet that mentioned the company. These are two surprises from our narrative and we adapted it well at last.

2.      The part I am most proud is the development of the love story. The lovers begin with argument and then they know each other better by sharing interests and experiences, though at this time, the girl just wants to get some confidnetial information about the company. She is actually moved by the sincere of the man gradually. And then they talk about the beautiful story of Liang Shanbo & Zhu Yingtai. This is the metaphor for their future, but their future is worse than this story, under the background of the conflicts between two rival companies.

3.      I think infographics were the most useful media because they helped the two main characters to develop their love relationship by showing each other the places they went, things they liked and so on, very vivid and attractive so that they can know each other better.

4.      I enjoy the vlog part most because it was quite interesting and entertaining. We spent lots of time in our vlog. The video was more useful than photos since it made the conflicts more vivid and developed the narrative fully. Our vlog was about an employee’s complaint towards the company. During the disappearance of one main character, the appearance of this vlog added fun to this story and weakened the sadness of the story. It made the audience laugh more or less.

5.      I think the least useful media is the blogs. We added them just to reinforce the information we gave, but actually they did not function well or help much with our twitter narrative. Actually I think we did not have a clear purpose why we used it. We just use it because we needed to.

6.      I enjoyed the text least because I think it was weak when I wanted to show my strong feelings such as love and anger. Text could not fully show my love towards the other one. “I love U” is quite weak. If I created a video or infographic to show my love, it may show my sincere greatly.

7.      I think the point I would change and do differently is the argument and quarrel between two people. I think since we are Chinese, the language of quarrel tends to be Chinglish, which may expose our Chinese identities. So next time, I should study the language Americans use in their daily life so that we can “be” Americans in that way. And next time, we may change the ending of the story. Since in this narrative, he performed so weakly because of love towards the female character. Maybe next time, they do not love each other at all, just want to take advantage of each other. This may make the story more interesting.

8.      The other thing I want you to know is that during the quarrel, we used the different logical fallacies to rebut each other. I think this part was quite useful and improved the quality of our quarrels. For example, one of our quarrels is that Noah Cook thinks Johnon must bully his niece because his niece cries besides Johnon and Johnon cannot prove that he did not bully her. This is the Argument from Ignorance. A claim is true because it has not been or cannot be proven false. And then Johnon attacks Noah Cook personally, which shows that he makes the fallacy of Ad hominem. I think this part is interesting and improves the quality of the quarrel, which usually is about meaningless dirty words.

An Employee's Complaint about Pottery Cabin Company

This is a vlog made by Lucien, Tina, Zoe & Bella.

Faux TEDTalk: How to Win Candy Crush All the Time

By Group of Zoe/Jinqiao Qiu, Tina/Yiting Wang, Bella/Yibei Lin & Lucien/Bochi Ye.

three possible topics

1. Games make you happy since the world will be in peace.
2. Maslow's hierarchy of needs in Facebook
3. How to win Candy Crush all the time

My essay for vlog--Cinderella Story

Zoe

Jinqiao Qiu

I Want to Give You a Beautiful Future

Alan was an orphan frog whose parents died when he was very young. He grew up himself by trying to cultivate himself as human beings. Five hundred years past, he succeeded but the power was very low and sometimes he may change frog back. Also he could not eat frogs as meals or he would totally change back. But eating frogs was a common thing in this country. In order not to be found his strange characteristics, he worked in a small tailor store as a tailor assistant; however, he did not complain about his fate. Instead, he was very optimistic and positive. The only thing he hated very much was separation. Once a time, his partner died and he was sad for many years. His parents left a pair of ancestral gemstone rings for him and his future wife. He also changed them into human rings. Once they were put on, they could not be removed if the couple loved each other. His ring had been put on his finger and he kept the other one very carefully. If these two rings were put together, they would shine and become true gemstones; if the two rings separated, they were just stones. His dream was to be a clothes designer and make really beautiful clothes. His ultimate goal was to design princess’ fashion clothes to show her beauty and dignity. Now, he was old enough to get married.

       One day, when he helped the tailor to cut the cloth, there was a grand parade on the street. It was because the princess came of age that she needed to be looked at by general people with reverence. The occasion was very important and every one fell on knees to show their respect and cheer for their beautiful princess, not including Alan. He was totally attracted by this beautiful princess. He was dull and he fell on knees until the soldier beat him. After the fleeting glimpse of her, Alan missed her so much that he even did not have the appetite to eat well. Moved by his infatuation, his partner frog, who was cultivating himself, decided to bring the princess in front of Alan; however, because the magic was low, the meeting could only last 7 days and the princess would forget what she experienced during the seven days. For Alan, he was so sad about the fact but he also knew seeing the princess again, he was already a lucky guy.

       Alan met the princess and the princess was attracted immediately by his handsome appearance and charming smile. Seeing Alan’s hard work and talents for designing clothes, the princess fell in love with Alan deeply. Every day, Alan drew new clothes pictures for the princess and then they talked a lot about themselves. The princess knew Alan’s pitiful childhood experience and Alan learned that the princess also felt lonely sometimes. Alan dared not to tell the princess he was a frog actually and the princess was quite confused why Alan did not eat frogs since eating frogs was a common thing in this country. After seven days, they loved each other deeply. Before the magic was invalid, Alan put ring on the princess’s finger without saying a word. The rings shone in an instant and then she disappeared. He just found he cannot accept separation at all, which was like a knife scraping in his heart and he was upset for many days. But he could not go to the palace to find the princess since he was poor and he thought the princess deserved a better one. He immersed himself in sadness while the princess felt lost at the same time. Although she had no memory, she dreamt about a handsome man and nice clothes pictures every night. She was also curious about the ring on her hand. Why couldn’t she remove the stone ring? Intertwined with dreams and curiosity, she asked the soldiers to look for the ring’s owner. Several months later, the princess found sorrowful Alan in a tailor store and she recognized him right now. They hugged each other tightly and swore that they would not separate.

       Staying together with the princess gave Alan inspiration and chances to design princess’s clothes. He was very happy he was closer to his final goal and the most important thing was that he lived with his lover. He could not believe the life he lived now. They often hung out, such as going to the field to watch flowers, capturing the butterflies and breathing the fresh air. Sometimes they flew kites and chased each other happily. Other times they climbed the mountains and watched sea. Since the princess knew how to ride a horse, she taught Alan how to ride it. Until now he knew the princess was not a delicate girl. Alan spoiled the princess very much though he had no power or money but love; the princess protected Alan very much within her power. When the princess went to other countries, Alan would worry about his princess if she ate her fill even though he knew there were many servants around the princess. The princess also cared for Alan if he stayed up too late for designing clothes. They never stopped worrying about each other. For them, one day apart seemed like thousands of years, which showed that they missed each other very much. However, one day, Alan left.

       The princess brought Alan to her mother. Her mother was a person who despised the poor and curried favor with the rich. In her heart, Alan was not worth her daughter at all. Alan was only a poor guy who wanted to marry above his status. When the princess was not at home, her mother would scold Alan and she even appointed other servants to bully Alan. Alan was tolerant of abuse from the Queen for the sake of the princess. The Queen knew from servants that Alan never ate frogs and the Queen was quite curious. So one day she brought frog meat to visit Alan and cheated him that it was just pork. Alan ate it and immediately he became frog again. The Queen was scared to death right now.

Alan did not want the princess to know what happened, so he left secretly leaving a letter to the princess. He said he would come back when he succeeded in his business and became a successful designer. He was sad that he broke his promise and separated with the princess. Alan said he would take responsibility for the princess but the princess needed to wait for some time. He hated separation so much while he was determined to strive for their future and did something good for her. Love for the princess overcame everything. He was afraid that if the princess knew what happened, she would hate him. In fact, he did not want to destroy the image of himself in the princess’s heart. He did not want the princess to know that it was him who caused her mother’s death.

Several years later, a parade to celebrate the return of a famous designer marched on the street. Music of Suona, sheng, bass drum and other folk instruments mixed together to show Alan’s excitement. He can finally marry his girl. In fact, he made a deal with an evil witch. He gave her his handsome appearance and voice so that she helped him become human designer. But if the princess did not love him anymore, he would become air and his talents for designing would belong to the witch. He strongly believed that his girl was waiting for him. He was so confident. People on the street were talking about the man. “Who is that young man?” “He is quite ugly.” “He looks familiar to someone I know.” “I remember, he was once the lover of our princess!” “He comes back for the princess?” “But our princess is going to marry another prince!! They match each other. The prince can design beautiful clothes for the princess.” “He’s quite handsome, not like this ugly guy.” “That prince is very kind. It was him who comforted the princess when she lost her mother.”

At the same time, another grand parade was marching towards Alan. It was the wedding between the princess and prince from another country. They hugged each other tightly on the carriage to show their love. It seemed that the princess did not love Alan anymore and the ring was not on the princess’s finger. She was happy living with the prince now. Alan was heartbroken. He cannot believe what he saw now. The witch once told him that if he killed the princess, he could live. But even the princess betrayed him; he could not kill her since he loved her so much. Suddenly, he ran towards the princess quickly and pushed the princess over. Many soldiers hurled lances at him regarding the ugly guy as the assassin; there were two knives on his breast as well. One was from the frightened princess while another was from the real assassin who wanted to hurt the princess. He wanted to say something to the princess but he failed. The only thing he could do was to gaze at her fondly. He became transparent gradually; however, the prince held the princess with both arms towards the palace slowly without a glance.

 

Our Twitter Narrative and vlog

During our twitter narrative, one of our customers will put her/his vlog about his/her affection towards our company. This vlog will play an important part in revealing the background of the company. Other customers may say something against that customer through pictures. Maybe we will have a vlog to show what’s going on with the company. Through this way, our narrative will get more and more attention. During quarrel between two characters at first, they may mention some famous vlogs to intensify the conflict. For example, one character may mention one individual in a famous vlog to satirize another character by saying that they are similarly stupid. Therefore, the story will become more interesting. 

 By Zoe

Media in our Twitter narrative

By Zoe/Jinqiao Qiu

We may put different kinds of media at the latter middle of our narrative (love story), since this part is the development of the spy from another company, who wants to know private information about our company. During the conversation between the girl spy and the son of the owner, the son talks more about the company stories. With company video, he talks about the beginning of the company and he takes photos of the raw materials to show more information about the company. The reasons he does this are that he likes the girl very much and he does not know the girl is a spy. Thus, the company stories will be inside the love stories. In addition, the girl will tell her own stories with her own voice (audio) about why she becomes a spy. Through this way, audio, video and pictures can be mixed to create a layered narrative in our Twitter narrative.