scriptchat

all the world's a stage
and people, merely players
so why not slack too

It's like a screenwriter for your inane Internet chatter.

Scriptchat takes something like this:

And makes it look like this:

On the surface, it looks like a relatively simple reformatting of chat output into a screenplay. However, the adaptation is much more sophisticated: many of the conventions of text chat must be translated, for instance, emoji reactions turn into stage direction. Threads turn into cuts. Timestamps can indicate whether there are long pauses in conversation or if many people are talking over each other. And if we can know how long someone takes to type a thing, it can be translated into something like CHARACTER is trying to formulate the words carefully.

How is this project a bad idea?

It isn't. But I shopped it around to a lot of different producers and they all passed on it, so I need BIFFUD to greenlight this project so that my creative genius is finally recognized by the Academy.

If this project were a D&D Character, what alignment would it be and why?

Alignment:

• [x] Chaotic Good
• [ ] Neutral Good
• [ ] Chaotic Neutral

Where are the lulz?

When we are able to hire actors to dramatically and emotionally re-enact, on stage, with props and blocking, the words of a bunch of nerds using their computers as a substitute for human interaction.

One application of this application is to enable distributed improv troupes to create hilarious scenes, which can then be showcased later by non-improv actors.

How does this project make people thinking face emoji?

🤔

Research suggests that that there is no such thing as a singular "true self" [citation needed], and that one's behavior instead subtly transforms when one is placed into different contexts, for various reasons, such as the desire to be accepted by a social group, or to attain status in one context but to remain unnoticed in another [citation needed]. When observing a person interacting with a particular social group, physical and behavioral cues, including posture, location and proximity to other persons, speech patterns, volume, gestures, and other interpersonal dynamics are signs of the role that this person plays within this group [citation needed]. As such, all real-life interaction are inherently performative [citation needed]. Yet, when these cues are stripped away, as in the case of a text-only medium like Internet chat, one's intended intonation and voice are obscured, and indeed the speaker is stripped of personality and performance [citation needed]. By interpreting the subtle cues that may be present in the act of typing itself, physical cues can be translated into stage direction for later re-enactment [citation needed]. Yet the multitudes of differing adaptions of the textual content of a play lends itself to a rich tapestry of interpretation, reminding us that all text, and perhaps even all physical and behavioral cues, are filtered through many lenses including that of the viewer, such that the "true self" of the original speaker may remain completely unknowable [citation needed].

Who is involved?

• Name: Lou Huang
• Twitter: @saikofish
• Github ID: @louh
• Skillz: front-end / design / product
• Project role / expectations: team captain
• Project stake: 1000% ownership of the project

...and you!

Who will be the project's Comptroller?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EnWG8PpHco&feature=youtu.be&t=1m11s

Is this realistic to implement via BIFFUD?

...sure

Next Steps

I'M WORKING ON IT!!

Credits

• Script icon by by Bob Holzer for the Noun Project. Licensed under Creative Commons.
• Emoji by OpenMoji. Licensed under Creative Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)