Brainstorm of Ideas Surrounding Social Networks

Above is a spider diagram showing my thoughts on using social networks as the basis for my animation narrative. I have decided I like the idea of showing a persons life through the on-line world, a virtual life. The way in which Facebook has morphed into a timeline of your life means we have the chance to learn a great deal about each other through profile pages. Once you are a 'friend' on Facebook you can find out an enormous amount of information about a person such as where they live, what school they went to, where they have worked. A full employment history can be displayed along with all the locations a person has previously lived.I find this concept fascinating, the idea of not even knowing someone yet knowing some of their most personal details.

As you can see from the diagram I like the idea of combining a wide range of on-line technology to tell the narrative and do show how easy it is to depict someone's life just through websites.I am going to show a person checked in on Facebook at Brighton Pier for example and then use Google maps to zoom in and find the location. It would then switch to street view to show the location in real life, I would then switch to an uploaded photo of the person and a friend published via instagram. These are just initial thoughts into how my narrative could take form with this idea as the theme.

The left hand top corner of the diagram shows how I have considered creating a stop motion animation which is satirical towards the virtual world, it would make a mockery of our reliance on technology for communication and information.I liked the idea of having two characters discussing a couple they know, with one being convinced they are in a relationship but the other one states no they are not 'Facebook official'. This is based around the idea many young adults and teenagers believe that once you are 'Facebook official' you are then classed as a proper item, it has been announced to the world so to speak. In order to convey this I wanted to follow a similar style to that of creature comforts, with plasticine characters filmed into a stop motion creation. Just focusing on peoples conversations about the different networks and showing the ridiculous nature of our society.