The Snapchat 'Selfie' Story
Following on from my last post on the 'selfie' story we have since has a long group discussion with our group (Kate, Sam B and myself) and we have tried to decide how we want to use the story idea.
We looked into how they can be perceived and the different ways it can be interpreted.
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| 'Selfies' are one of the most prominent features of the Snapchat application. |
What is the aim for the selfie idea? How can we make it a story?
The biggest problem I have had with my selfie story is trying to come up with a definite aim behind the idea.
This is why we have decided to compare and contrast between people who love selfies and those who hate them. This is a good aim for us to research into.
We want to feature controversy in our story (as i've mentioned below) to give our audience an idea of the film packages objective.
Arguments for "selfies":
- They give you a chance to talk directly to someone without being in the same room
- It gives those with low confidence about their looks a way of choosing how they appear to others.
- It gives people a way of socialising
- It lets people have a chance to be creative with the different tools available to edit them.
Arguments against "selfies":
-Anyone can take screenshot or copy a selfie to poke fun at the person. This could lead to some examples of bullying.
-Many could argue that this will make people focus less on their work and reading.
-People can also find it annoying/rude when others are seemingly taking selfies all the time.
We can talk about how it maybe encourages people to spend less time educating themselves and spend their lives wrapped up in the social world.
http://www.edudemic.com/selfie-infographic/-
Controversy
We also looked at a lot of the controversy behind it such as the #aftersexselfie hashtag on Twitter. This trended on Twitter and inspired its own Facebook page as well as making News.
We found some sensationalist articles based on this story such as a Daily Mail article:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2593943/aftersex-selfie-trend-goes-viral-Instagram.html
This consists of people taking selfies with people in the aftermath of a night out.
Further controversy was found when celebrities snapchats were leaked by hackers who discovered nude photos of celebrities.
Important running themes/factors in our 'Selfie' package:
- Narcissism is very dominant in showing why people take selfies.
- self confidence
- invasions of privacy
- pressure to be popular
- immediacy (making a memory last)
-Give a clear definition of what a selfie is and show who are the people behind them.
-showing, not telling!
We will also decide on a stunt/gimmick using the presenter/reporter to tell a story.
-Have the reporter get involved with an event
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| A GoPro Hero3 Camera could be ideal for shooting. |
- I think it might be a good idea to have a 'selfie' "expert" on hand to show how to take the best selfies. This is a good way of trying to involve the audience.
Who do we interview?
We should have a large variety of different people such as students, parents, teachers and even people's pets to show a wide, amusing variety of people taking selfies.
Show what snap chats are and why they are popular, then show how it incorporates 'selfies' into it. We can link this back to some statistics of the revenue that Snapchat receives.
-Start off in the Studio with the News anchor.
-The package begins with an INTRO showing a definition of a selfie
-graphics (vot): Showing trends on snapchat such as self made artwork #aftersexselfies
-vox box (people who love snap chat vs people against it)
- reporter: END
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| Our group has been trying to spread the word on 'selfie' stories for further development. |
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