lesson term M4 thursday the 3 rd of april

 

MASTERing THE INTERNET

PROJECT 5

TERM M 2024 2025

SESSION 6

Goal : create your own emojis

Step 1 : what are these ?what do they express ?

STEP 2 LET US LEARN A BIT MORE ABOUT EMOJIS

The WIRED Guide to Emoji

https://www.wired.com/story/guide-emoji/

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Emoji are more than a millennial messaging fad. Think of them more like a primitive language. The tiny, emotive characters—from 😜 to 🎉 to 💩—represent the first language born of the digital world, designed to add emotional nuance to otherwise flat text.

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The First Emoji

In the beginning, there were emoticons. For the most part, these came of age as the :-) and :-( and 8-D of chatroom conversations in the 1990s

The first emoji were created in 1999 by Japanese artist Shigetaka Kurita. Kurita wanted to design an attractive interface to convey information in a simple, succinct way: for example, an icon to show the weather forecast rather than spelling out “cloudy

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Kurita’s original 176 emoji—now part of the permanent collection at New York’s Museum of Modern Art—privileged symbols over faces, There were characters to show the weather (sun, clouds, umbrella, snowman), traffic (car, tram, airplane, ship), technology (landline, cell phone, TV, GameBoy), and all the phases of the moon. But those characters weren’t purely informational: For the first time, emoji offered a way to add emotional subtext to a message. “I understand” might sound cold or passive on its own, but add ❤️ and the message offered a sense of warmth and sympathy. It was the beginning of a new visual language.

Emoji quickly became popular in Japan,

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As emoji became more popular, they also became more plentiful. The Unicode Consortium added new emoji to its approved list each year, gathered from users around the world: the first emoji bride, dozens of plants and animals, types of food, and depictions of all kinds of activities. Unicode requires a lengthy submission and approval process for every new batch hoping for christening, and it can take up to two years for an emoji to travel from first draft to your phone.

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First, new emoji are suggested through a formal proposal to the Unicode Consortium. These detailed proposals include an explanation of why the emoji should be adopted and ideas for how it might look. (The design aspect is more complex than you might think: If there’s going to be an emoji to represent “beans,” should they be black beans? Refried beans? Lima beans? Green beans? Should they be in a can? In a bowl? Growing out of the ground?) Proposals are examined by the Unicode Consortium’s emoji subcommittee, which meets twice a week to discuss and decide on all emoji-related matters. When the subcomittee comes to a consensus, a new emoji can be born.

Emoji had emerged as an important language of the digital age, but it was a language that had no words for “women with jobs” or “people of color.”

Can’t find the emoji you want? Go rogue and invent yours .

1. WORKING ON WORDS : find the translation of the following words in the text

Paragraph 1 : une tendance	a fad
Paragraph 1: plat	flat
Paragraph 2 : transmettre (ex: un message)	convey
Paragraph 3: informatif	informational
Paragraph 3 : sous entendu	subtext
Paragraph 4: nombreux	plentiful
Paragraph 4 : collecté	gathered
Paragraph 4:descriptions	depictions
Paragraph 4: le bapteme	christening
Paragraph 4: un brouillon	a draft
Paragraph 5: laissez vous aller	go rogue

QUESTION 1 right or wrong ?

	right	Wrong
An emoji helps you convey your emotions	x
The first emojis were called emoticons	x
The first emojis were invented to simplify messages	x
Emojis are a form of digital language	x
The company that is responsible for approving new emojis is a British one.		x
The approval process to get your new emoji validated is a long one	x

QUESTION 2: list the process to get a new emoji validated / approved

1.First, new emoji are suggested through a formal proposal to the Unicode Consortium

2.Proposals are examined by the Unicode Consortium’s

3When the subcomittee comes to a consensus, a new emoji can be born.

QUESTION 3: what should your proposal include?

an explanation of why the emoji should be adopted and ideas for how it might look.

STEP 3 HOW TO INVENT AN EMOJI

a)TO INSPIRE YOU

1) WORKING ON EMOTIONS : which emoji would you draw to express these feelings

VOCABULARY OF EMOTIONS

TRANSLATIONS

HAPPINESS : Delighted = ravi Ecstatic = enthousiaste/ en délire Thrilled : excité Cheerful: joyeux Contented = satisfait CARING (care = aimer/ s’occuper de) Doting = gâteux/ qui adore Infatuated = obssédé Fond = affectueux/ tendre Sympathetic = compatissant Yielding = complaisant DEPRESSION (déprime) Gloomy = triste/ sombre Grieved = éploré Crestfallen = abattu Dispirited = déprimé Downcast = abattu Miserable= malheureux Sorrowful = triste Upset = bouleversé Weepy = pleurnichard Moody = de mauvaise humeur / lunatique INADEQUATENESS (inadaptation) Crippled = handicappé Helpless = impuissant Worthless = inutile Defeated = battu Deficient = defectueux Lacking = demeuré Overwhelmed = dépassé Weak = faible FEAR Appalled = consterné Fidgety = sur les nerfs Threatened = menacé Tense = tendu Wtachful = attentif Worried = inquiet

CONFUSION Baffled = confus Startled = très surpris / effarouché Taken- aback = surpris Bewildered = abasourdi Puzzled = perplexe Disturbed = troublé Misunderstood = incompris Mixed up = embrouillé Unsettled = instable HURT Discarded = mis à l’écart Forsaken = trahis Scorned = méprisé Belittled = rabaissé Distressed = affligé/ peiné Injured = blessé Resentful = rancunier Wounded = blessé Let down = trahi ANGER Bitter = amère Fuming = furax Infuriated = furieux Crabby = grincheux Ill-tempered = de mauvaise humeur LONELINESS (solitude) Outcast = rejeté Shunned = qu’on évite Dejected = découragé Estranged = désuni / brouillé Remote = éloigné Withdrawn = retiré REMORSE Shamed = honteux Sinful = pécheur/ honteux/ immoral Wicked = mauvais Ashamed = honteux Bashful = timide Blushing = qui rougi Chastened = assagi Meek = docile/bonasse Sheepish = penaud

homework HOW TO SUBMIT AN EMOJI FIRST TO YOUR CLASS

1. Draw your emoji on a computer or on paper

2. Include an explanation of what it represents

3. Explain how it looks and why it should be adopted

4. Explain why your emoji should be adopted

THEN TO UNICODE

Here is the address and the documents to submit your emojis

https://www.unicode.org/emoji/proposals.html