For myself, I wouldn't say that I hate history. In fact, I love history since young. But, my interest in history had been drastically reduced during my high school times as the textbooks were VERY VERY VERY BORING. 80% of the books are text, while the remaining 20% are small, low definition, monotone images. It cannot suck me into the realm of the book as storybooks can, and very soon, learning history became a chore rather than enjoying the historical stories of our past. This kept me thinking, what could be done to make learning history as fun and as enjoyable as reading storybooks?
After some thought, I've decided that introducing interactivity and narrative into the curriculum is the main ingredient to keep readers interested. We can learn better through stories, and we definitely can learn better through interactivity. My idea for my project is to create an interactive film with a series of short clips posted on Youtube, which tells the story of Kapitan Yap Ah Loy. Each short clip tells a segment of the story and by the end of the clip, users will be able to make decisions. Each decision they made will direct them to another short clip, and this process continues on until a story path is completed. The reason I chose Kapitan Yap Ah Loy as the main character of my interactive film is because he was an important figure in shaping Kuala Lumpur to how it is today, yet his story was not elaborated in the History curriculum in high school education. I believe that it is essential for younger generations to know about his achievements since Kuala Lumpur is the heart of Malaysia. If we Malaysians do not know a single thing about who brought glory to Kuala Lumpur, are we worthy to tell others that we are Malaysians?
P.S. This is the old idea for the execution of my final project. Currently the execution is no longer an interactive narrative. For more info in my newest execution of my final project, please read the newer posts =)
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