Episode 3: “Flapping Bird and Hopes”

Episode 3: “Flapping Bird and Hopes”

🎬 Scene 1: The Disappointing Stats

Zara, feeling a little hopeful after uploading his “Welcome to First Video” earlier, is sitting by his laptop, checking the view count. He scrolls down, and his heart sinks a bit.

Zara (mumbling): "8 views? That’s it?" 😞

He checks the breakdown:

3 views from Zara himself (he had to watch his own video, right?).

1 view from Obinna (he’s supportive).

1 view from Amarachi (she’s probably curious).

1 view from Anayo (just to see his son’s content).

1 view from Chukwudi (his biggest fan, obviously).

2 views from Ngozi (she had to make sure Zara wasn't messing up).

1 random man (who knows how or why, but Zara’s happy to see a stranger watch).

🎮 Scene 2: A New Hope, New Video

Zara stares at his laptop screen, feeling disheartened.

Zara (sighs): “I need more views. But how?” 🤔

Then he sees his school homework sitting on the table. He mutters under his breath:

“Abeg, later… I’ll do this after recording my new video.” ✌️

He decides to record a new video, and this time, he’s determined to do it better.

Zara: "I'm playing Flappy Bird today. Maybe people will like that!" 🎮🐦

🎬 Scene 3: Recording the Video

Zara sets up his laptop, goes to YouTube, and presses Create. But in his excitement, he mistakenly presses the “Go Live” button. He panics, quickly says “Ahh!” and then cancels it, finally selecting Upload Video.

Zara (muttering): "No time for messing around. Let's do this!"

He names the video: “Playing Flappy Bird” and selects Gaming as the category.

🎮 Scene 4: Uploading the Video

Zara starts uploading the video, with a short description:

"Flappy Bird: The game I can’t stop playing! Come see if I can get high score today! 🎮"

When YouTube asks if the video is for kids, Zara doesn’t understand it fully, so he just clicks Yes.

Zara (grumbling): “I’m just playing the game, can’t be anything special, right?” 🎮

When YouTube asks for promotion options, Zara ignores it because he doesn’t even know what that means. He then checks for copyright issues, sees nothing, and presses Publish.

🚨 Scene 5: Zara's First Premier?

The video goes live, and YouTube automatically sets the video as a Premier. Zara doesn’t know what this means but just presses Yes. A little notification pops up: “Your video is live!”

Zara jumps up and goes to play, forgetting about the Premier feature.

Zara (happily): "I'm done! Time to watch Fred’s video!" 🎥✨

⏳ Scene 6: The Wait

3 Hours Later...

Zara returns to his laptop, excited but nervous. He checks his stats for “Playing Flappy Bird”:

Zara (eyes wide): “Okay... let’s see how it’s doing!” 👀

Video Stats:

Views: 14

Likes: 5 👍

Dislikes: 0

Comments: 2

Subscribers gained: 1 (Wow, someone actually subscribed! 🎉)

Zara: “14 views? That’s better than 8… but I need more.” 🤷‍♂️

He reads the comments:

Comment 1: “Nice video, keep it up!”

Comment 2: “This is fun! Can’t wait to see more Flappy Bird content!”

Zara smiles, but he’s still feeling like he could do better. 🎮

End of Episode 3

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