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Platform (temporary name)

Table of Contents

  1. Overview
  2. Product Spec
  3. Wireframes
  4. Schema

Overview

Description

Platform creates a community for users to share their thoughts about the TV shows and movies they have playing on their screens without having to leave the comfort of their room. With comment threads operating in real-time, users are guranteed the opportunity to discuss what happened just moments ago. An unexpected plot twist, the death of the character everyone fell in love with, and even theories about what will happen after the out-of-nowhere cliffhanger -- this is the platform to share it all and from other users as well. Furthermore, users are given a continuous feed of trending titles based upon their filter-selection. This feed is great not only for those times when users just want something new to watch, but also helpful for other users. With the up and down-voting feature for each title, which include the option to provided keywords to describe the title, other users are guranteed a more accurate viewing of trending titles.

App Evaluation

  • Category: Social / Entertainment
  • Mobile: Mobile makes it a convience to engage with fellow users and view trending material without the nuisance of dealing with a desktop. App actions (i.e voting and chating) become easier while push-notifications keep user up-to-date regarding titles, communities, and more.
  • Story: After watching something, whether a short clip or a 2-hour movie, most people have some thoughts and questions about it. To address this, certain platforms (i.e YouTube) have a comment section. However, for many entertainment platforms (Netflix, Hulu, etc.), there is no such thing, forcing many viewers to keep these thoughts and questions to themself or scrolling online. Platform changes all of that as it gives user a space to share their thought, ask questions, and simply engage with one another.
  • Market: As the purpose of the app is to act as a community for media watchers, the number of users potentially runs large in relation to that audience size. Wouldn't say there is a huge value, but the app does carry worth for the abundance of viewers who would like a clearly dedicated comment section for their TV shows and movies.
  • Habit: Considering that this app is a companian to media, it could be opened many times throughout the day by a single user. That said, a more 'reasonable' expection could 3-5 during a week. The average user has the opportunity to both consume and create content on the app, thus making it more engageable and possibly increasing how often they open the app.
  • Scope: The app will be just the right level of challenging for the most foundational features of the app (commenting, rating, etc.). Adding additional features could possible pose a challenging depending on the feature and how I want to implement it (i.e sorting algorithms). That said, the stripped-down version of the app which includes the foundational features would still be worth building.

Product Spec

1. User Stories (Required and Optional)

Required Must-have Stories

User can...

  • Create a new account
  • Login & Logout
  • Scroll through trending feed (TV shows and movies)
  • View a detailed screen of the title
  • View a detail screen of each episode for a TV show title
  • Gesture on home feed to...
  • Animation of each Title cover on home feed
  • Upvote and downvote each trend, potentially changing its position
  • Search for titles
  • View results for a search
  • Follow and comment on each title
  • Comment on these individual episode
  • Reply to all comments
  • View the most common words other users use to describe a title or episode
  • View their profile screen
  • Place phone in landscape mode

Optional Nice-to-have Stories

User can...

  • Voting prompts user to chose keywords to describe title
  • Censor comments with a 'spoiler' tag
  • Search through a catalog of titles organized by categories: TV shows, Movies, Platform, and Genre
  • Be notified about new comments for a title they are following
  • Chat directly with other users
  • View the profiles of other users
  • Create and view communities
  • View their app settings

2. Screen Archetypes

  • Login Screen
    • User can login or create new account
  • Registration Screen
    • User can create a new account
  • Stream Screen
    • User can scroll through trending feed (TV shows and movies)
    • User can search for titles
    • User can upvote and downvote each trend, potentially changing its position, which prompts user to chose keywords to describe title
  • Search Screen
    • User can make a search and view results
  • Title Detail Screen
    • User can view a detailed screen of the title
    • User can follow and comment on each title
    • User can reply to comments made by other users
  • Episode Detail Screen
    • User can view a detail screen of each episode for a TV show title
    • User can comment on these individual episode
    • User can reply to comments made by other users

3. Navigation

Tab Navigation (Tab to Screen, Going left to right)

  • Communities
  • Catalog
  • Home
  • Chats
  • Inbox

Flow Navigation (Screen to Screen)

  • Login Screen
    • => Registration Screen
    • => Trending Feed Screen
  • Registration Screen
    • => Trending Feed Screen
  • Stream Screen
    • => Title Detail Screen
    • => Search Screen
  • Search Screen
    • => Title Detail Screen
  • Title Detail Screen
    • => Episode Detail Screen (if title is a TV show)
  • Episode Detail Screen
    • => Nowhere

Digital Wireframes

Schemas

Models

User

Property Type Description
objectID String unique id for the user
createdAt Date creation data of the user account
fullName String last and first name of the user
username String chosen screen name of the user
email String email address for the user account
password String password for user to log into their account
titleLikes List the titles and episodes a user has liked based off their TMDB ID
commentLikes List the comments a user has liked
following List<Title/> titles and episodes a user is following
chats List the chat messages the user has with another user
communities List communities the user is a part of

Title

Property Type Description
objectID String unique id for the title
tmdbID int id for the title according to TMDb
name String name of the title
coverPath String path to cover for the title
type String if the title is a TV show, movie, or episode
description String what the title is about
genres List genres the title fits into
actors List popular actors that are in the title
releaseDate Date when the title was released
availableOn List where the title can be watched
likes int number of likes for a title
comments List the comments made for a title by users
shares int number of shares for a title
seasons List the seasons associated with a title
numberOfEpisodes int total number of episodes for the title

Genre

Property Type Description
objectID String unique id for the genre
tmdbID int unique id for the genre according to TMDb
name String the name of the genre

Actor

Property Type Description
objectID String unique id for the actor
tmdbID int unique id for the actor according to TMDb
fullName String name of the actor

Provider

Property Type Description
objectID String unique id for the provider
tmdbID int unique id for the provider according to TMDb
name String name of the provider
logoPath String path to the image of the logo associated with the provider

Season

Property Type Description
objectID String unique id for the season
tmdbID int unique id for the season according to TMDb
episodes List the episodes contained within the season

Episode

Property Type Description
objectID String unique id for the title
tmdbID int unique id for the episode according to TMDb
name int name of the episode
stillPath String path to the episode image
description String an overview of the episode
seasonNumber int number of the season the episode is in
episodeNumber int number of episode within the season

Comment

Property Type Description
objectID String unique id for the comment
createdAt Date when the comment was created
User Pointer to User user who wrote and posted the comment
text String the comment made by the user
likes int number of likes for the comment
replies List replies to the comment

Chat

Property Type Description
objectID String unique id for the chat
receivingUser Pointer to User who is receiving messages from the sender
updatedAt Date the last time a message was sent between the users
read boolean whether the user has opened the chat or not
messages List the messages sent within the chat

Message

Property Type Description
objectID String unique id for the message
createdAt Date when the message was created
sender Pointer to User user who sent the message
receiver Pointer to User user who received the message
content String the content of the message

Community

Property Type Description
objectID String unique id for the community
createdAt Date when the community was created
owner Pointer to User the user who created the community
description String description of the community by its owner
members List users who are part of the community
messages List messages between users in the community

Credits

  • TMDb API
  • Email Verification API
  • Words API (Dictionary)
  • Parse SDK
  • Back4App
  • Async Client
  • External libraries

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