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#Nuntius, an interactive TikTok project

#Nuntius was an interactive TikTok project created as a partial fulfillment for the degree of Master of Creative Industries through SAE Institute, Australia.

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Synopsis: Mira is a half-Filipina Australian learning about her Filipino identity. Throughout #Nuntius she starts to learn about an experiment that was conducted on her as a child, causing her to develop bee-like traits. What she doesn't know... she's a worker bee. Her back starts developing thin insect-like wings, useless to her. Her instinct to find and work for her hive begins to grow as she gets closer to finding Nuntius.

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The series begins with Mira explaining a note left by Nuntius in her backpack while she is at a park. Unsure what to do, she asks her TikTok following for advice. She wants to meet with this group, but how?

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Purpose: This project encourages audiences' input through their ideas and suggestions while filming each episode as the audience interacts. Unlike traditional interactive productions which may offer audiences multiple pre-recorded choices, #Nuntius looks to experiment and understand the interactive features available on the TikTok platform. The exegesis offers future filmmakers suggestions for those interested in creating episodic or non-episode interactive stories for TikTok.

 

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Teaser Trailer

For the last few months, someone has tried to contact Mira. Today they slipped her a note while she was on a nature walk.

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Episode One

Nuntius has been trying to contact Mira for the past few months. Mira reads through the most recent note: I know who you are. It's almost like they're still watching her.

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Episode Two

After leaving a note, Mira starts to feel anxious. Her followers suggested leaving a note but she had no idea what to say, so she waits alone in a public place for Nuntius, whoever they may be.

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Episode Three

After running away from a potential confrontation with Nuntius, Mira is still curious about what is going on. She gets in contact with her mum; as her followers suggested, if it's something about how she is, her family should know.

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Episode Four

While the Karate-Kid-inspired montage was good in practice, it didn't help Mira with her face-to-face confrontation with Nuntius.

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Episode Five

Did you know it's a cultural meme that bees shouldn't be able to fly? Mira tries to read about bees but gets caught up testing if she can fly. She decides to ignore the suggestion to fall off tall buildings and starts small. After some attempts, Mira learns an interesting fact about her past.

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Episode Six

Turns out fueling herself with honey isn't necessarily enhancing her superpowers. Mira has an awkward phone conversation with Nuntius and the lady. She still doesn't know how to proceed but seems to have stopped posting on her TikTok account.

Supporting Videos (pre-Nuntius)

Meet my mum #filipino #filipinoaustralia #filipinomum

it's like mills and boon, but in tagalog #filipino #filipinoaustralian #tagalog #millsandboon

can you guess which letters aren't native to the Philippines? #greenscreenvideo #filipino #filipinoaustralian #asianmom

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