Social Media

I think it is important to impart on all aspects of media and this includes social media and the internet. Except I am not going to remark on the controversies behind social media and how it could possibly “ruin the world of communication,” rather I would like to illuminate some comic “musical” parodies about social media websites.

Facebook The Musical

 This entertaining video brings comedy to the table as we witness the erratic behavior of Facebook addicts. At the beginning of the film the characters sing as if Facebook is a benefit to their social life, yet as the film continues the characters spend more time on Facebook and become overly obsessed with this social media medium. In parallel, the ending of the film reflects upon the beginning of the film. There is a brief moment at the end in which the characters revert back to the original wonderment of Facebook before they became addicted. The musical aspect of this film increases intensity while juxtaposing music and emotion.
 

Twitter The Musical

    Contrary to the Facebook Musical, Twitter The Musical  illuminates a positive look upon social media. The cheery and chirping sound of the music creates an uplifting tone. The one character that initially opposed Twitter ended up altering her opinion of this social medium. This film illustrates the theme of peer pressure intertwined with  the delight of belonging to the "in the know" crowd. The animated bird that frequently appears throughout the film adds an element that increases the film. The animation allows the characters to interact with the bird therefore making it appear friendly and approachable as a social media medium.

Instagram The Musical

     Although this film is composed in an amateur looking technique the technique adds to the comedy of the film. At the beginning the male character takes a pic of the girl who has fallen down the stairs and then a clip is shown to the audience. What I find peculiar is the fact that the film is all about taking pictures yet the only one they actually show to the audience is the one of the fallen girl. I actually believe this to be a spectacular technique because all we hear is the girl falling and by seeing the "instagram pic" the audience receives a confirmation behind her injury rather than assume that this amateur film does not have style due to the lack of a resolution. The comedy in this film is furthered by the random appearance of batman and the ridiculousness of the subjects in their pictures. The adaptation of social media shows that these types of mediums are used to "make my life look cool."

 
Internet Olympics The Musical
  (CAUTION: contains discouraging language)

      This film by the AVBYTE brothers illustrates the competitive social media market. Whether Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, YouTube, and more- this film illustrates the variety of social mediums. The interesting thing about this video is that puppets are used to enhance the overall "reporting" look. Although the yellow puppet can be very offensive, the film adds this element and discouraging language to "penetrate reality" and to "assail us with it" (O'Conner, Frederick Buechner). By utilizing the puppet to illustrate trolling the emotion is built up against the puppet rather than a person and the puppet also serves as a real and tangible representation of the trolling that occurs in reality.

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