In this blog, the feedback from my group mates and lecturers are utilized to improve my digital narrative project. Firstly I would like to thanks all of them for giving me lots of useful suggestions and resources.

The techniques and the narrative way are learned from an interactive documentary recommends from my lecturer After 6/4. The documentary explores the fault lines of fact and opinion 25 years after the events in Tiananmen Square, Beijing 1989. It offers the user the primary sources like the news report and relevant photos, and uses language to shape a series of events in Beijing. The very eye-catching ways of narration in this documentary is to use two sides of an issuing to judge the events. This interactive documentary gives me lots of inspiration, and some of the modes can be utilized in my project. For example, in my EPOC, I can collect some news reports, journalism, photography and personal documentaries that are shaped by the relevant events. What’s more, the entire site can be bilingual, which allows for native speakers in either English or Mandarin to engage in it without translation.

My group mates Shena is very interested in my project. As she has pointed out, it is hard to find the infant formulas whether in supermarket or chemist; and many supermarkets post notice on containers for infant formulas: one customer can only buy three cans of infant formula. in addition, she thinks that my project is a little bit hard to handle, because ‘Daigou’ brings huge benefits to the Australian market. Based on this, what After 6/4 did in the documentary is learned. The issue has two aspects. One is the economic market; ‘Daigou’ affects Australian companies through bringing huge benefits and increasing their sales. The other is the local mother; Daigou’s behavior causes that it’s difficult for them to buy infant formulas in the local market.

For the format and medium, Makara suggests me providing a viral video to present the risks of using Daigou service. She believes that the viral video with funny content and educational messages about local infant formulas might be effective to change Chinese’s perception and request the local government to intervene.

Margot and Emily also points out the feasibility of my project which is also concerned by me. My topic is related to a social issue, hence, it’s hard to find someone to talk about it in front of the camera. To solve this problem, my lecturer comes up with an idea, that is, to set up someone and ask them questions.