Research + Study Blog

On 3/7/2017, we had a presentation on our ideas with 5 major lecturers. Here are the feedback given by them : LECTURER 1  Make the game more fun. It is okay to approach local content, but it is risky as well. Use the local elements, and combine it with my own story to create a unique artefact. Approaching education as a focus is risky. Try to focus on entertainment, as that is my goal for this final project. Find a balance between the two. LECTURER 2 Think deeper - Re late your story/idea with the media, How does the story is told. Think of the outcome of the project, will it be controversial? He suggested a local interactive designer, Fairus Sulaimain, who has done some installations that mixes traditional and technology elements together.   LECTURER 3 & 4 Why Projection Mapping? The setting is limited, huge scale. How does Projection Mapping contribute to the story? What's the ultimate goal? Preserving culture? Entertainment? Think of other outc...

Based on the research tasks that I have done, I came up with a conclusions : 1) The lack of emergence in New media in our local culture. Technology has far been   developed but we still do not utilize this to promote our folklore. Other countries, such as Japan or Canada, has already been using them and aggressively promote their culture till it is well known throughout the globe. Such example would be : The Shin Megami Tensei Franchise, as mentioned before in the previous post. Martin Mystery, a cartoon series that was developed by multiple companies from Canada, France and Italy. The cartoon promotes different horror folklore from different countries.  Wayang Kulit Star Wars, an example of transmedia storytelling where they mix the traditional style of shadow-play and mix it with the ridiculously famous space opera franchise, Star Wars . 2)  Television is a huge influence towards children and is, by far, the most used New media tool by them as well. As m...