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TWEETS - THE STORY AS IT UNFOLDED

Sort of.

 

The nature of a live transmedia event unfolding over 3 weeks means that it's very difficult to recreate the dynamic that occured at the time. Ever changing technology means that even creating an archive website has proven difficult, with tweet links becoming defunct and softwares/hosting websites shutting down. Even the original archival website on WIX has become defunct as the flash software was pulled, hence me re-creating this website here. Also, as tweets automatically show from newest at top, the story would have to be read back from the bottom upwards, which has always remained a thorn in my side. It's time consuming to change it by retyping and to be honest as this is an archive website - I've decided to display the tweets @KarenBarley made, as they appeared at the time. I have recreated almost all the links (hosted elsewhere for archival purposes) and you may be able to get a sense of what the audience were seeing over the 3 weeks. NOTE: The bad spelling and grammar was deliberate! I wanted to recreate how people type on their phones when they're stressed or in a hurry, to show how Karen's mind was deteriorating. 

If you prefer to just watch the videos or scroll through the story photos - feel free to do so below.

 

There are also a few backhistory photos I used to build her Karen's character over on her Facebook profile, a few weeks before the Twitter live event; so that she seemed like a real person. There are photos of my research and finally, a gallery of Karen Barley publicity shots, (with actor Gemma Giddings).

Otherwise click here to read the tweets as they happened. 

HURST

HURST

HURST
Hurst Post Trailer

Hurst Post Trailer

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Video 1 - Cool I can post videos from my phone!

Video 1 - Cool I can post videos from my phone!

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Video 2 - I Am A Complete Mess.

Video 2 - I Am A Complete Mess.

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Video 3 - Getting Ready.

Video 3 - Getting Ready.

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HURST STORY PHOTOS 

KAREN'S FACEBOOK BACKHISTORY

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RESEARCH

KAREN BARLEY PUBLICITY STILLS

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TWEETS @KARENBARLEY

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