Creativity and New Media


I decided to use Apple’s AniMoji, which is animated emojis Apple has created that responds to facial expressions. I use it quite often because it’s very entertaining. I decided to make a screen record on my phone of how one can go about making an AniMoji. In this video, I didn’t realize it, but I was lip syncing to a song by Kacey Musgraves, an American singer and songwriter. I was inspired by her song “Happy and Sad” and decided to create a character of a cowboy only because the song has country themed elements. You can see, Apple offers different features when it comes to skin tone, hair type, color, face shape, eye shape, hats, and different accessories. They made sure to cater to everyone and be diverse as possible. In the video, you’ll see me picking out different features that I thought would fit right for the character I had in mind.

Song: Happy and Sad
Artist: Kacey Musgraves

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  1. Tanisha AliMarch 27, 2019 at 11:12 AM

    I truly believe that it's amazing how new media has given us the new softwares and new technologies to create Animoji's. This gave you the opportunity to foster your creativity. You have decided to take a song and create a character out of it, which I believe is innovative and smart. This can also be seen as a sense of virtual reality. Instead of texting a friend a boring message, you can use your character to deliver the message in a creative way.

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