Today, I made several text messages to go between Junie B. and her friends. I included several from Richie Lucille and That Grace. I even included a couple from Handsome Warren. I re-read the book again last night to gather some more inspiration for my remix. I’ve decided I’m going to make Richie Lucille a rich, shallow sorority girl (not saying that all sorority girls are like that at all. Just this one!) That Grace will be a student athlete. June B. Jones will be like most college girls, somewhere in between those two things. I also composed some tweets that I plan on using today.

Why I Did It

I chose to create text messages because in today’s world of passive aggressive text messages and people who are too scared to confront each other face-to-face, I thought texts were perfect. I included several sassy texts from Richie Lucille and That Grace, and several frustrated texts from Handsome Warren. Also, I included several “subtweets” to stress the passive aggressiveness of college girls (because the passive aggressiveness is real in 20-something females…)

I can’t wait for my social media collection to all come together! :)

What I Did

Today, I created a mock up of my Junie B. Jones Facebook profile. I made sure to include her top “friends”, and I am going to keep them by the names she calls them in the book such as “Handsome Warren” and “That Grace”. I included one states update to show the sort of posts I plan on publishing, and I included her About Me section. I also posted that she is in a relationship with Handsome Warren even though she’s not.

Why I Did It

I wanted to include her top friends to make all of the characters come to life. I included a status update from Junie B. herself to show the level of cluelessness and sassiness that I am planning on using. For her About Me section, I chose her famous introduction to all of her books. I posted that she is in a relationship with Handsome Warren even though she’s not to make her seem really crazy. The further I come in this project, the more fun I’m having making her seem completely insane. :)

Since my last post, I have purchased the original text on Amazon and reread it. I almost forgot how much Junie B. Jones books make me laugh. The signature language in the Junie B. Jones books is what sets it apart from the rest. I intend to keep some of the “kindergarten language” even though I plan on making Junie B. Jones in college in my remix. I want to keep this nonsense language because it is funny, and it is a trademark of Junie B. Jones that I want to keep. The book is fairly short, so I plan on using the entire text to portray my social media story. Today, I also made several fake Facebook statuses, and I pulled pictures from http://www.juniebjones.com for the character’s profile pictures. I also created a fake Instagram for this project. I plan on utilizing Instagram heavily along with Photoshop, Twitter, and Facebook.

Why I Did It

I think it is important to keep the theme of the “kindergarten language” at least somewhat throughout the project. I will not use it through the whole project, but I want to keep it because it keeps a sense of the originality. I do not want to lose the original story in my remix. Since I want to pull a lot of different social media sites together, I created some fake Facebook statuses together. I want each character to be represented through Facebook statuses. Since there is a lot of bickering between best friends in this book, I want to create the infamous passive-aggressive “I’m gonna call you out without actually calling you out” statuses. I also created a fake Instagram, so that I can communicate with “friends” (probably passive-aggressively, again). Basically, I want the entire theme of this project to feel sassy and angsty. I can’t wait to portray teenage Junie B. Jones!

I grew up reading the Junie B. Jones series, and one of my favorite books is “Junie B. Jones Loves Handsome Warren” by Barbara Park. I plan on making either a Facebook page or a Twitter page for Junie B. Jones to document her fascination with “Handsome Warren.” June B. Jones has two best friends, and they are very important in her stories. I want to create mock social media pages for them to bring more life to Junie B. Jones’ social media page.

Bibliography/Sources:

http://www.classtools.net/FB/home-page

http://juniebjones.com

Park, B., & Brunkus, D. (1996). Junie B. Jones Loves Handsome Warren. New York: Random House.

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.

Checklist Observations

1) I have taken care of a good portion of the rhetorical situation, modes of communication, and the affordances and constraints. There are still elements of the rhetorical situation such as context that I need to finish up.

2) I have not added any screenshots but will do so in the future. I will include video screenshots as well.

3) I also still need to do my navigation setup. Basically all I’ve done has not been posted yet which makes it difficult to include the navigation. I embedded my presentation already but will need to adjust that as my web essay comes together.

What I Did

1) I continued working through the writer/designer analysis questions which will form the bulk of my web essay.

2) I was dumb and deleted the screenshots I used in my presentation after I had presented, so I went back and retook the screenshots that I would be using in the web essay.

Why I Did It

1) I had a good amount of work to do answering the writer/designer analysis questions and completing those will let me breeze through the writing of the web essay.

2) I need to include screenshots, particularly since my tool is video based, so these will provide more evidence for people to see when they read my web essay.