Category: Remix a Story

Documenting and Presenting Decisions

What I Did: Today I created a fake Facebook wall for my characters and started filling in events and dates. I still haven’t decided on what kind of presentation tool I’m going to use, although I think I’ve narrowed it down to using either Prezi or Google Slides. I like the documentation example about music […]

4/17

What I Did Since my last post, I have curated most of the content and research I need from the web. I have watched parody videos about the Hokey Pokey and researched a few websites. I also found a picture that I will cut up and use to create the main elements of my infographic. […]

Mock-ups and Storyboards

What I did: Today I made an outline for the entire project. I also finished creating the tweets for the princess and I started and finished creating the tweets for the prince. Why I did it: I wanted to have the tweets finished because they are the basis of the project; they tell the original story. […]

April 13

What I Did Today I created a timeline for my project. The timeline is subject to change by author (me). Why I Did It I created the timeline in order to keep up with every aspect of the project. There are a lot of small parts that I have to complete so the timeline will […]

Planning out my Remix

What I Did: So far, I have started making fake tweets for my princess and planning out the story. Why I Did It: I just wanted to test out the fake tweet websites, and I really like them, so I think I’m going to keep creating tweets until my story is complete. Mock-up or Storyboard […]

April 7

The story that I am going to focus on for my remix is the Hokey Pokey. Specifically, I am going to remake it as what if the Hokey Pokey isn’t what its all about? For this project I plan on making an infographic that breaks down each part of the Hokey Pokey and debunks how it is what its […]

Informal Proposal

For my Remix a Story project, I have chosen the story of The Princess and the Pea. I chose this story because it’s a short story and I think it’s a funny story. I think it will be fun to remix. My general plan for this project is to create a twitter account for the princess in […]

Looking at P4 Examples

What makes a good remix A good remix uses an existing story and transforms the telling of the story, not necessarily the outcome. A remix can take parts of other stories, like characters, and use them in the re-telling, but the basic elements of the original story must remain intact enough for a reader to […]