Just deleted a comment which had someone finding my blog and then asking me to read their blog which was related to drug abuse and blabla. Now I wouldn’t mind going to that blog and reading it and amassing more knowledge in the battle of drug abuse but the manner in which the comment was poster, or that it begun, bothered me:
Dear _______,
Yes. Literally a fill-in-the-space-with-your-name underline and blank. If you were trying to promote your blog through others, engaging others by interacting via comments then wouldn’t you at least have the decency to find out the person’s name etc? So mass-produced. No personal touch. Immediately I labelled it as spammed and removed it.
Ahem. Anyway. A couple of minutes ago I toyed with the idea of creating a really short film about Social Media. Or rather, the theme of the short clip would be Social Media. It’s nothing to do with what is Social Media and how to use it, something like CSI but involving Plurk or Twitter. Which reminds me, why doesn’t Gossip Girl make use of Twitter? Isn’t it a lot more user and mobile-access friendly as opposed to posting up on a blog? Just imagine the data suck for posting up pictures and downloading it onto your phone. Yeah yeah just because you’re rich and can afford a 1k phonebill every month. STILL! You’d have thought the elites would be more in tune with the rise in technological evolution.
Maybe I ought to hint to the producers or something. It’ll be a HIT!
But back to the film-to-be.@betshopboy showed me this. True enough it’s interesting and very interactive. Though it kinda reminds me too much of iRC and that moment in time when I was actually doing up a script for a school production with a classmate on it.
iRC was awesome
Have you ever stopped to think that iRC actually proved to be pretty much efficient in getting group work done? With the use of the mute command in the channel you can stop the troublemakers and digressors from disrupting the flow of idea exchange. Summarising your points succintly. Instant edits and the ability to quickly hash out ideas and implement it in the general scheme of things. iRC is just sheer genius la! But then with the arrival of iCQ and then MSN, group discussions became tedious. You couldn’t really shut the troublemakers up unless you kicked them out of your group.
What if the creators of reality television programs decided to throw Social Media in the mix?
Getting your clues via Twitter. Good time for a telco and mobile phone company to jump on the bandwagon for greater publicity (and of course, being the first to help pioneer the introduction of Social Media and reality TV series). They’d have a massive following with all the real-time tweet updates! Even Lance Armstrong (@lancearmstrong) has Twitter account and provides updates not just on races, but on his daily progress and all the stupid doping control tests cyclists appear to often be subjected to.
Mixing Social Media with Survivor or Amazing Race:
- Twitter – Used to provide clues. Gives the team ability to update their status, whereabouts. Keeps the audience clued in even when they’re not watching the show (like people who can’t watch the live streaming or repeated telecast).
- YouTube, Qik, Vimeo and its equivalent – Short teasing snippets of the tasks that they’re required to do to get to another point. Promotes country as tourism/fad-spot.
- FaceBook – Fan pages. Massive following. Life after reality TV, you’re way to fame is not by being a nude model ala Jenna Morasca and Heidi Strobel.
- Flickr, ShoZu, Twitpic – We all love photos and photo updates. Getting a sense as to where the participants are or what they’re doing.
Are you getting my drift? The possibilites are ENDLESS! I could possibly go on and on. Sure there are roadblocks in the way but who’s not to say that the human race isn’t one that’s determined and persevering in the pursuit of fame and wealth. I don’t recall a series that’s made use of such a combination to really push out the show.
I digressed.
I’ve managed to get in contact with an old writer friend and asked if he’d like for any of his works to be turned into a screenplay. He agreed. It’s in Malay though but he’ll help me translate. The awesome thing? It’s a murder-thriller! Which is exactly what I was looking for! Now… just to wait and see if I can weave Social Media in it and make things work. If it does look promising, would anyone be interested in starring in it?
Disclaimer: I’m no fantastic awesome videographer/film-maker. This is purely out of interest and passion. You won’t be paid (maybe in mineral water or carbonated drinks) but you’ll have my most amazingly awesome company and friendship (this is fo’ life. I’ll guard your back in a zombie attack).
