Because I kept my work organized throughout via my mockup, moving the Tweets over in order to my WordPress page was easy. However, I did run into two issues. One, I mistakenly wrote the wrong score on one of the GIFs, but I caught it and went back and made a new one. Second, I figured out that simply having Tweets didn’t provide enough Context for the story, so I decided to include plain text before each Tweet to explain what was happening.

After finishing up my actual project, I created my presentation. I faced a few difficult choices as far as design with the fake Twitter and the real Twitter and also the grainy images from the actual game in the GIFs, so I was sure to include notes about that in my slides so I remembered to touch on it.

What I Did/Why I Did It

I continued working within my mockup to guide the Tweets I had to create. As I created each Tweet, I would paste it into the appropriate slot on my mockup to continue the organization of my project. This way, once I’m ready to put it online, I will be able to easily transfer it.

I used clips of the Disney movie “Miracle” and highlights from the actual game from YouTube to create Gifs. I used IMGFlip to create the GIFs, which actually turned out to be a pretty easy process. I just had to figure out where in the video I wanted the GIF to start and stop and then it did the clipping and looping for me.

Today, I continued to work on my remix a story project. I created a real twitter account so that I can include my GIFs and memes, as I couldn’t find a fake twitter generator with that capability. I also completed the SPOT evaluation for the class.

Why I Did It

Creating a real Twitter was necessary because it allows me to include the GIFs and Memes that are the risks I have decided to take with the project. The fake twitter generators never allowed me to attach an image or a GIF file as easily as a real twitter. I still have some GIFs to create and then I need to upload it onto my WordPress, but I am confident I will finish in plenty of time ahead of my presentation date.

Lauren brought up the difference she saw between the fake twitter tweets and the tweets that include GIFs and Memes from real twitter. I will need to decide what to do about that, but I think I need both of them.

1) I spent today’s class creating the content for my project. This is the bulk of my project and consists of fake tweets, memes, and GIFs. I also tried to find the exact date that USA Hockey hired Herb Brooks, but alas, I came up short in that endeavor.

Why I Did It

1) Obviously creating this content is going to be the bulk of this project. I created tweets using the Fake Twitter Generator tool and memes using imgflip.com. One problem I am running into is getting the memes and GIFs onto the fake twitter generator. I will look into other twitter generators to see if they support this. If not, I can easily just make a real Twitter account and use that.

2) I also organized how I’m saving my tweets, memes, and GIFs based on the order they appear. They are saved in a folder in my computer titled “Fake Tweets” and each one begins with a number to correspond to their place in the project. For example, the first tweet is titled “1_Herb Brooks Hired.jpeg” so that I will easily be able to build my project once I get all the content created.

Today, I created a mockup/outline in Google Docs of the content for my remix. I planned out two sections for the story – making the team/before the game and then the game itself. I jotted down the general ideas behind each fake tweet I will create and included different types of content I will include (memes, GIFS, an article, retweet, picture, etc). I highlighted the content that would be a GIF in yellow and the content that would be a meme in red.

Link to my mockup/outline – https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_8fDZbNp_2nul5uMH7UD9YH_tERbgazT8dCZtTdGA70/edit?usp=sharing

2)Why I Did It

This will make it easy for me when I go to create the actual fake tweets. I will know exactly what kind of text I want in each tweet and whether I need to add additional content. I’ve planned 22 tweets, which I believe will be enough to fully tell the story. Color coding the GIFs and the memes allows me to easily see how many of each I need to create. Since making the GIFs and memes are the primary risks I am taking with this project, keeping them organized like this will help me as I progress through.

Today, I created a timeline for project four and explored the tools used for creating fake tweets and searched around the internet for a good GIF and Meme generator. For GIFs, MakeaGif.com seems like it will work.

2) Why I did It

The timeline will allow me to keep on schedule for the rest of this project so that I can have a great project ready to turn in on the due date. The GIF and Meme generator is important because that is the primary risk I am taking with the project. I have never created or used GIFs so finding a simple and functional GIF creator is important.

Wed., April 15 – Mock up – By Wednesday I will have created a very rough outline of the various tweets, gifs, and memes I want to include.

Mon., April 20 – Collect Gifs and Memes – Create and save all GIFs or memes that I intend to use throughout the project.

Wed., April 22 – Rough Draft  – This will be the first edition of my final projects. Fake tweets will be created and all GIFS and Memes will be included. I should be able to get great feedback on this day.

Fri., April 24 – Edits – After hearing peer feedback in class on Wednesday, I will edit my project in accordance with the suggestions. This will begin the final stage of getting my project ready to present and turn in.

Sources

Miracle. Buena Vista Home Entertainment, 2004. Film.

Of Miracles and Men. ESPN Films, 2015. Film.

“MIRACLE ON ICE.” MIRACLE ON ICE. Web. 8 Apr. 2015. <http://www.orda.org/miracle/story.php&gt;.

“Miracle on Ice.” Story #1. Web. 8 Apr. 2015. <http://www.iihf.com/iihf-home/the-iihf/100-year-anniversary/100-top-stories/story-1.html&gt;.

What Makes a Good Remix

A good remix narrowly tells some story in a visually appealing and easy to understand format. It keeps the linguistic elements short, instead allowing the visuals to do most of the story telling.

Good Digital Story 

I thought the Time Magazine/Hunger Games one did a really good job of telling the story. That’s complicated story to tell and obviously they assumed the reader knew a good bit of the background and premise, but they hit on the main characters, showed good visuals, and made the headlines count. The flippable magazine in the Time format was really cool too.

Stories I am Considering

At this point I could definitely change my mind, but I’m considering the story of the Trojan Horse or the epilogue of the final Harry Potter book. I think I am leaning more to the epilogue of the final Harry Potter book, although they already made a movie for it so I’m not sure.