Reflection
I initially had many works to chose from for this task. After looking through my iPhone’s emoji keyboard, I decided to chose the most recent work I watched and one that I thought would be easy to translate into emojis. The work is very popular on the streaming service I use, so I assumed that one could easily identify what work I was referring to for this task.
I started off with the title and relied mostly on words and ideas. As I use emojis fairly regularly day-to-day, I thought that this task would be easy; however, trying to translate words into images proved to be quite difficult. I had to consider whether or not the emojis I used had the same association/meaning for others looking at this task, since millennials, gen z and gen alpha sometimes have different meanings/understandings/usages for the same emoji. Furthermore, since the slang used by various generations sometimes differs, this can affect the meanings and nuances of the emojis they use.
It was also a challenge to decide how much of the plot to include in the task. With a detailed plot, more emojis needed to be used, which would make the task much harder, so I ended up describing the plot of the work with a “less is more” mindset.
This task also gave me the realization that the amount of emojis included in the emoji keyboard has increased so much over the years. There were moments during the task where I felt overwhelmed with the sheer amount of choices in keyboard. Fortunately, the Apple emoji keyboard has a search function to find emojis more easily, and that definitely helped me for this task. I also ended up discovering some emojis that were added to the keyboard after recent updates, and I am quite excited to see if I can use them in my day-to-day messaging!
Hi Diddy, here’s my attempt to decode your emoji story, keeping in mind I do not watch any shows. Lol
Title: Love Story
Characters: A female doctor and a cringey male
At school there was a (straight) male, a gay black male, 3 glamorous “queens” and an evil female villain. The idea was that the male was in the bathroom where a secret was leaked out so he told a lot of people in order to profit off of it. He falls in love with the evil villain but she only likes this other black male and they share a kiss. She’s super pumped while her crush (the straight male) is miffed. The black male she kissed is now upset and goes to the gay black male to punch him but they end up kissing, causing them confusion. There is some anger around this realization so that everyone is jolted. The evil villain goes to the straight male’s house (for he had a crush on her earlier) only to discover he’s in bed with another woman! She’s shocked, upset, angry and hurt. The End.
Did I nail it? 🙂
I love your interpretation of my emoji story! I would definitely watch the show you described. My emoji story was actually about Netflix’s “Sex Education”! Great guess, though!
Hi Didy,
I really enjoy reading your emoji story! I tried to make sense of the story, and I did a couple of takes, but it was a lot of fun to try to guess.
Thank you for this!
Mawe
Hi! Thanks for your comment! I’m glad you had fun trying to guess the show. It was definitely tough trying to describe the plot of Netflix’s “Sex Education” into emojis only!