For this Humanities 8 project, we were tasked with making an augmented reality, or A.R. movie that uses storytelling to investigate what sparked global exploration and understand its impact on society.I came up with the story to show how a European/White person’s perspective can and should be shifted by hearing an indigenous person’s perspective. If Mary’s goat hadn’t wandered away into the Indigenous camp, she might not have learned their story. She might have continued to tell the same false story that was told to her.

I wrote a story about a girl named Mary who journeys away from home and learns the Indigenous peoples’ side of a story that she had been told by her family.

I worked with the app Sketches Pro to design the pictures and characters, using different styles, colours, and other aesthetic choices to make my drawings. One of my favourite elements is that the second and fourth drawings both have the exact same base but one shows Indigenous people as evil and inhuman, and one shows them as kind, normal people. I created this contrast by adding different small facial features and details like devil horns and hearts.

Of course, mine and many other peoples’ favourite part of my story is the goat. He is a three-legged goat that was a gift from Marys uncle to her for her 8th birthday. Mary named him ‘Trii’ and we all instantly  fell in love.

We also used the app AR Makr to put together our scenes for the story with Augmented Reality/3D effects. I really like making videos and editing them so I enjoyed making this part of the project and learning how to use a new app. I found the augmented reality part very cool and fun to work with.

There are so many hi-lights of this project. We got pirate packs, and learned about colonization. Throughout our time working on this project I learned many things. I learned more about the history of colonization in Canada and the consequences for all people living during that time and today. (From Smallpox and greed to Bevers and loss of culture)I think it is so interesting to think about what drove people to do things, and the long term effects. I also learned how to use new apps like AR Makr and how technologies like this can be used to tell an impactful story.

I wast able to add in my AR Movie, but I am working on a way to add it in- come back soon to see the finished  product!