My film review in emojis language
Reflection on Emoji Translation
Translating a movie into emojis for me was both fun and challenging. Emojis are not the same as words. Sometimes one emoji can show a whole word, like 
for “sea.” Other times, a group of emojis is needed to show an idea, like 
for “a teacher guiding a student.”.
I did not begin with the title. Title could be symbolic and hard to capture in emojis. I started with the plot. By working through the story events, I could build a set of emojis that matched with actions and feelings. Later, I think about the title.
I picked one movie (story) with strong pictures in my mind. People’s feel, nature, and action are easier to translate than abstract ideas. The hardest part was choosing the emojis. Using too few emojis leaves out some details. I had to choose carefully to keep the story simple but clear. This process showed me that emojis are not for fun. They can be a storytelling tool. Like hieroglyphs long ago, emojis might even grow into a new kind of writing.
From Hieroglyphs to Emojis
Long ago, people spoke with one another, but they need to keep their ideas for next generation. They began to draw shapes that looked like trees, animals, or simple lines. These shapes became symbols. Later, people created writing systems like cuneiform and hieroglyphs.
Over thousands of years, writing grew and changed. Alphabets were invented, and words were formed. People began to share ideas through books. Printing made it possible to copy many books at once. That is why today we can read text so easily.
In our time, something new is happening. With the start of the digital age, people began using small pictures, called emojis, in place of words. There are now thousands of emojis. They can show emotions, actions, or even whole ideas. Emojis appear in text messages, emails, and on social media every day. Another change is the use of abbreviations. Short forms like “OMG” or “LOL” can replace an entire word or even a full sentence. This makes writing fast, but it can also make communication less rich. Some people worry that this shift could weaken reading and writing skills. (1)
It seems this is the beginning of a new kind of writing. Just as hieroglyphs were once used to write stories and messages, emojis may one day become their own form of language. If that happens, the future may look back at our books the same way we look at ancient papyrus, need experts to understand them.
In summary and in a big picture view, we may be at the start of a new method of writing. Emojis and digital code might become as important for our future as hieroglyphs once were for the past. (2)
References:
1. Luke, C. (2003). Pedagogy, Connectivity, Multimodality, and Interdisciplinarity. Reading Research Quarterly, 38(3), 397–403.
2. Hayles, N. K. (2003). Deeper into the Machine: The Future of Electronic Literature. Culture Machine, 5.