With an allowance of up to ten seconds each take, Snapchat users are able to share their moments as a story (much like a status update on Facebook) which would last 24 hours, or to send it directly to a certain set of friends. We wanted to try doing a vlog review with Snapchat for this sketch.

More than just experimenting with a different service/tool, we also decided to play around by giving the vlog review a bit of a narrative structure. We begun by talking about how we were tired from assignments, and eventually came upon the decision to visit a cafe. We wanted to also show how vlog reviews could be done in an impromptu sort of manner, such that no planning was done beforehand and that turning it into a vlog review was simply a spontaneous decision.

With Snapchat, we were able to see the amount of people who viewed our story, and also the specific people who did so. The downside to a vlog review done on Snapchat would have to be the fact that it disappears after 24 hours. However, we were able to download the entire story, which made it really convenient because it shows that it is something that can be re-uploaded to a different platform at any other time.

If we were to bring this into Project Four, we might make use of the constraints of Snapchat’s 24-hour story by trying out a day trip in which we continuously review each place that we visit.