Check out Jamie’s Task 6 here.

Jamie chose to describe the Black Panther: Wakanda Forever movie using emojis. Jamie is quite descriptive, laying out the whole plot of the movie and even segmenting it into sections for easier reading.

I really enjoyed translating Jamie’s story, partly because I recognized the movie right away, and partly because I wanted to see how well Jamie translated it using emojis. I thought that Jamie made a great choice with the movie because there are emojis that can directly translate to the words needed. Even if the literal meaning of the emoji didn’t match, it was still able to be interpreted in the context of the movie (like the people crossing their arms in an “X” shape, for example- the meaning of that emoji is to refuse or defend themselves, whereas Jamie used it to recreate the Wakandan gesture that they do in the movies.  I also appreciated the effort that Jamie put in to describe the whole plot in detail.

I chose to link Jamie’s story because it shows the importance of context and culture in this assignment. Both of our stories require you to be versed in the culture of TV shows and movies, and if you have not watched or heard of the plots that we are referring to, you would find it quite difficult to figure out what we are referring to. On the other hand, there are only symbols and not English words, so someone who speaks a different language may be able to have somewhat of an idea of what is being described, but again they will only really understand it if they have watched it before.