Intention

Our project attempts to put a comedic spin on high school relationships. We grossly perpetuate stereotypes about both teenage girls and boys, as Sarah is anxious and overly eager to gain attention and approval from Brad, who acts tough and like he doesn’t care.

One of the big ideas behind the project that we originally wanted to exploit was that what you convey over text message often doesn’t tell the whole story. Brad has no idea that Sarah is so nervous and spends time drafting and deleting messages before she sends them. Sarah believes Brad is “working out” when in reality, he’s playing Doodle Jump on his phone while eating a cookie. And, of course, Brad has no clue that he has broken Sarah’s heart or that she is sobbing when she learns from Emma that Brad asked her.

Overall, we wanted to explore how technology influences communication and, more specifically, how digital communication influences relationships. In the media performance, we juxtaposed the digital component of Sarah and Brad’s interaction with their real life experiences to show the dichotomy between what is texted and what is experienced.