With the twitter obsession sweeping the global, Andy Bouvé and cast of less than ten made a mockumentary of the addiction associated with twitter. The short film is a satire making fun of society’s need to know what everybody is doing at all times. In addition, the film is making fun of the speed at which people need to receive this information, and with this they suggest, “Flutter”. Flutter is a shorthand version of Twitter, where users are limited to displaying their “flaps” (status updates) to 26 characters – the length of the alphabet. In short, the film presents a more exaggerated version of the microblogging application they are making fun of. They call Flutter nanoblogging.
Clearly this film is directed at a somewhat media-enlightened audience. It requires that people have background knowledge on Twitter and that they understand its basic concepts. Also, the film is located on youtube.com, which suggests some blogging knowledge. Andy Bouvé's film is based on the central argument that people spend way too much time being obsessed over Twitter. Evidence of this argument can be found in several places. For example, the iPhone Application suggests that “Kim” wants people to know every time she’s getting coffee or even going to the bathroom. Furthermore, the Flutter user says he doesn’t like Twitter because it takes “too long” to get information. He is obviously spoofing on the high-speed of communication involved in microblogging.
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I like your point of the video which makes light of a blogging tool is placed on another blogging tool assuming the watcher is familiar with Twitter. Although the film is a spoof I think it is telling a greater message that new technology is always being created and one can say it is even becoming a little ridiculous.
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