UPDATED.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1G3tiSbDy6sPlmI5APV-s3iLcYbuWkdRARLlxM6i-wZs/edit?usp=sharing
Friday, 14 February 2014
Friday, 7 February 2014
Unit 6 Assignment 2 - UPDATED
http://uk.ign.com/games/grand-theft-auto-v/ps3-20594
The good thing about Gamespot is that again it has a rating (9). And it points out positive features about the game and things and things that the public talk about the most, but it also points out the bad things, theres more good than bad, which is what you'd expect but at least its honest.
http://www.gamespot.com/reviews/grand-theft-auto-v-review/1900-6414475/
The Telegraph is an established paper/website and is probably reliable, how ever it doesnt really give much away, it has a rating but it doesn't have any words about the game and doesn't have any user comments... Just a star rating and a picture from the game.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/video-games/10312515/GTA-5-review.html
GAMER PROFILE
The Age bracket is 18+, how ever allot of people play it from a younger age of around 13 and over. The Pegi Website says "The content of this game is suitable for persons aged 18 years and over only. It contains: Extreme violence - Multiple, motiveless killing - Violence towards defenceless people - Strong language". The Main gender for the game is Male. Females are known to play it, But mainly male The Average ratio is 80:20 which is understandable, Men usually play more violent and action games because thats just what men commonly go for. Its scenes in the game like this that probably make it abit less appealing to women where Trevor (Main character) interrogates and tortures a man using car jump cables.
SOCIO ECONOMIC SCALE
On the scale, the GTA V gamer would sit between the labourers/working class and the unemployed for the people who play it, as these groups will consist more of younger people. However, the people who buy these young people the game would be situated in the higher rankings of the scale i.e. parents with a high level of skill within their occupation receiving a wealthy income, therefore are able to buy their children these games.
GTA is a mainstream game. its very typical, driving and shooting kind of game, its just the way its presented that makes it get the reaction it does, Mainstreamers like this because they hear on reviews that its 10/10 and quoted as "Awesome" and they like that, therefore they just go with it. Also you could argue that its for Succeeders aswel, Seek control and strong opinions, GTA has allot of opinions aimed at it and a big majority of them are amazing. Thats why succeeders also appeal towards the game. Overall the game is Mainstream, its a widely popular played game owned by most teens. In honest there arent many games like GTA, of course there's driving and shooting games but theres things in GTA that make it Unique, like free roaming and all the different options you have throughout the game. The Game is quite open to everyone, its on Xbox, Playstation and its even available on PC. If Grand Theft Auto V were a theatrically-released movie instead of a video game, enough people would have bought tickets to earn only $227.4 million at the global box office. GTA V was released back in September, which was actually four months later than the original date given by the developers. However, that didn’t affect the sales of the game. Just within 24 hours of the release of the title, Take Two Interactive announced that the game managed to raise over $800 million.
SOCIO ECONOMIC SCALE
On the scale, the GTA V gamer would sit between the labourers/working class and the unemployed for the people who play it, as these groups will consist more of younger people. However, the people who buy these young people the game would be situated in the higher rankings of the scale i.e. parents with a high level of skill within their occupation receiving a wealthy income, therefore are able to buy their children these games.
FOCUS GROUP
Questions we asked:
I personally believe Qualitative data is better, because its word of mouth by someone physically playing the game. Quantitative data off big mainstream websites could be influenced maybe by money... or just the respect of big companies. Maybe a bit biased towards bigger games? where as qualitative is just speech and word of mouth from people so it cant really be biased and you get a word for word review of a product, id personally rather go off qualitative data than quantitative.
- Do you Think the game targets your age range?
- How does the game keep your interested when you're playing
- Do you feel the game is effecting your academic mindset
- How long do you spend playing this game a day?
Our Focus group tells us a fair bit about the average 'gamer' this lad tells us he plays around 3 hours a day, he enjoys the storyline and the game structure. He also says the game doesn't affect his academic lifestyle. He is asked does the game target his age range, he says "No because im below the pegi rating". This says allot, it shows that people dont really care for the ratings.
The Group on a whole didnt think the game targeted the age rating, mainly because Matt Benn from the focus group said "theres probably more younger kids that play it than people actually over 18" which is probably true, everyone has gta. its just one of those games you have to own and most people that own it are my age (17). The question about keeping the players interested was answered in a variety of ways, two people said its fine doing the Side missions and additional tasks but the other 3 people said they dont tend to play the game by the rules and do the free roam feature and customise cars and kill people just for fun, slightly dark but... its a fair point. 3 players didnt feel that the game was affecting them academically. They say they dont play it enough for it to become an issue, however one player thought he could be achieving more by not playing the game. When asked how long the game spends on the game he said usually from when he gets home from college to late at night, if thats the case wheres the time for academic things? the other 3 who dont feel theyre affected said they onloy spend 1-3 hours a night at a push. Focus Groups overall are extremely helpful to the industry because they are a range of people and it gathers a general opinion based on different people with different interests.
The typical gamer in my mind is someone who plays regularly and plays a variety of games, the person in our interview would be classed as a gamer but maybe not an intense gamer. he plays a few games for a few hours per night, He has a keen interest in the game we questioned him about and doesn't feel its affecting his studies etc. - http://www.gaminglives.com/2011/03/01/the-changing-face-of-the-typical-gamer.
The Group on a whole didnt think the game targeted the age rating, mainly because Matt Benn from the focus group said "theres probably more younger kids that play it than people actually over 18" which is probably true, everyone has gta. its just one of those games you have to own and most people that own it are my age (17). The question about keeping the players interested was answered in a variety of ways, two people said its fine doing the Side missions and additional tasks but the other 3 people said they dont tend to play the game by the rules and do the free roam feature and customise cars and kill people just for fun, slightly dark but... its a fair point. 3 players didnt feel that the game was affecting them academically. They say they dont play it enough for it to become an issue, however one player thought he could be achieving more by not playing the game. When asked how long the game spends on the game he said usually from when he gets home from college to late at night, if thats the case wheres the time for academic things? the other 3 who dont feel theyre affected said they onloy spend 1-3 hours a night at a push. Focus Groups overall are extremely helpful to the industry because they are a range of people and it gathers a general opinion based on different people with different interests.
The typical gamer in my mind is someone who plays regularly and plays a variety of games, the person in our interview would be classed as a gamer but maybe not an intense gamer. he plays a few games for a few hours per night, He has a keen interest in the game we questioned him about and doesn't feel its affecting his studies etc. - http://www.gaminglives.com/2011/03/01/the-changing-face-of-the-typical-gamer.
Thursday, 6 February 2014
Game Review
The good thing about Gamespot is that again it has a rating (9). And it points out positive features about the game and things and things that the public talk about the most, but it also points out the bad things, theres more good than bad, which is what you'd expect but at least its honest.
http://www.gamespot.com/reviews/grand-theft-auto-v-review/1900-6414475/
The Telegraph is an established paper/website and is probably reliable, how ever it doesnt really give much away, it has a rating but it doesn't have any words about the game and doesn't have any user comments... Just a star rating and a picture from the game.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/video-games/10312515/GTA-5-review.html
Monday, 3 February 2014
UNit 29 - Assignment 1
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody -
- FIrst Music Video, Used to Create a 'Buzz'.
- This will increase record sales
- Increase popularity by making it easier to see
Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc
- Animation - 2d
- Surreal Elements (Flying wind mill)
- Strange in a good way
Styles - The Style is the form of the video - abit like the genre
how can we Define the style?
Live Concert Videos
- Seeing Live Footage, Genuine Concert Footage
- Big Audiences/Fans
- Time Lapse of the 'Gig' coming together
- Archive Footage
- Shots of Faces
- Behind the scenes
- Conventions (Things you expect to see)
Animations
- Animated Characters
- Usually got a story
- 2d Animated Characters
Narrative
- The video is a terpretation of the lyrics
- Fictional Characters
- Consolidates the songs meaning
Pastiche - Borrowing techniques or styles from a previous work
Homage - Respectful reference of a previous work
Parody - A Humorous imitation of a previous work
The Inbetweeners
Funny props
- Car Door etc
Funny Costumes
- Monkey costume
- Vest and Speedos
- Niels lack of clothes
Dialogue
- 'Clunge Mobile'
- 'Inconsiderate Arseholes'
- 'Think of the little lovelys in there'
Narrative
- wills kicking off, The way the camera cuts to the hearse then back to their faces.
- Flash Backs of whats previously happened
- Jays Dress Sense and dialogue. It shows he's desperate for female attention when he tries to make simon follow a car with girls in it.
- Jays shirt is tucked out and hes very slouchy, where as will is all tucked in and smart
- You Can tell the show is aimed at younger men by the language used such as 'Visual W*** Bank' and 'Paying for rent boys can't be cheap'. it just shows the ladly 'Banter'
- Jays Sexual Dialogue, it shows its a comedy.
- Non Diegetic sound track, its quite upbeat music
- Close up of the driving instructor squeezing Simon's legs
- Enigmar codes 'Simon never did tell us what happened on his driving test'
- Will has allot of Voiceovers, they just kind of direct the viewers abit
- 'Shotgun' shows youthful slang.
- The Enigmar of the worry about the car door and Niels friend working in a garage, but at the end we find out its a Petrol Garage.
- At the end we see a flashback with a orange colour correction, slightly slow me and a voice over, this shows its linear
Men would watch this because it shows a the 'Ladly' perspective in life and men like to see that. it shows crude sexual comedy, which men also seem to like and is relatable to allot of men. Females would watch this because it shows inside life of lads. Also they might watch it just because its a comedy and people like to watch comedies. The Oppositional reading would probably older people who find it too crude and get offended easily or Parents. Parents that are over protective and scared if their children watch a TV show they might pick up Habbits etc.
Song: Kid Cudi - Mr Rager
Style: Narrative
The video for this song is narrative. We know this because of the use of Cinematics, and staged choreographed fighting, The Narrative is He's fighting the men who are symbolic of his issues. and it represents him defeating his issues. The Lighting sets a tone for the video, its a very dark and hard light. It fits the mood, its gives a negative and violent feel to the video.
- FIrst Music Video, Used to Create a 'Buzz'.
- This will increase record sales
- Increase popularity by making it easier to see
Gorillaz - Feel Good Inc
- Animation - 2d
- Surreal Elements (Flying wind mill)
- Strange in a good way
Styles - The Style is the form of the video - abit like the genre
how can we Define the style?
Live Concert Videos
- Seeing Live Footage, Genuine Concert Footage
- Big Audiences/Fans
- Time Lapse of the 'Gig' coming together
- Archive Footage
- Shots of Faces
- Behind the scenes
- Conventions (Things you expect to see)
Animations
- Animated Characters
- Usually got a story
- 2d Animated Characters
- The video is a terpretation of the lyrics
- Fictional Characters
- Consolidates the songs meaning
Pastiche - Borrowing techniques or styles from a previous work
Homage - Respectful reference of a previous work
Parody - A Humorous imitation of a previous work
The Inbetweeners
Funny props
Funny Costumes
Dialogue
Narrative
Homage - Respectful reference of a previous work
Parody - A Humorous imitation of a previous work
The Inbetweeners
Funny props
- Car Door etc
Funny Costumes
- Monkey costume
- Vest and Speedos
- Niels lack of clothes
Dialogue
- 'Clunge Mobile'
- 'Inconsiderate Arseholes'
- 'Think of the little lovelys in there'
Narrative
- wills kicking off, The way the camera cuts to the hearse then back to their faces.
- Flash Backs of whats previously happened
- Jays Dress Sense and dialogue. It shows he's desperate for female attention when he tries to make simon follow a car with girls in it.
- Jays shirt is tucked out and hes very slouchy, where as will is all tucked in and smart
- You Can tell the show is aimed at younger men by the language used such as 'Visual W*** Bank' and 'Paying for rent boys can't be cheap'. it just shows the ladly 'Banter'
- Jays Sexual Dialogue, it shows its a comedy.
- Non Diegetic sound track, its quite upbeat music
- Close up of the driving instructor squeezing Simon's legs
- Enigmar codes 'Simon never did tell us what happened on his driving test'
- Will has allot of Voiceovers, they just kind of direct the viewers abit
- 'Shotgun' shows youthful slang.
- The Enigmar of the worry about the car door and Niels friend working in a garage, but at the end we find out its a Petrol Garage.
- At the end we see a flashback with a orange colour correction, slightly slow me and a voice over, this shows its linear
Song: Kid Cudi - Mr Rager
The video for this song is narrative. We know this because of the use of Cinematics, and staged choreographed fighting, The Narrative is He's fighting the men who are symbolic of his issues. and it represents him defeating his issues. The Lighting sets a tone for the video, its a very dark and hard light. It fits the mood, its gives a negative and violent feel to the video.
Risk Assessment:
Location Recces:
Original:
https://drive.google.com/file/
New:
Production title: Oasis Wonderwall
Location Scout: Harry King
Date: 24/02/14
Script Location: Stanford Park
Scenes: Entire film
Days of the Week: Wednesday/Thursday/Friday
Time of Day: 12pm till 4pm
Distance/Time From Home: 20 minutes
New:
Production title: Oasis Wonderwall
Location Scout: Harry King
Date: 24/02/14
Script Location: Stanford Park
Scenes: Entire film
Days of the Week: Wednesday/Thursday/Friday
Time of Day: 12pm till 4pm
Distance/Time From Home: 20 minutes
Storyboard:
Script:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8NS3PfH7wmASXhjV3I0elg5eWc/edit?usp=sharing
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8NS3PfH7wmATXZVTll6N3Z4dk0/edit?usp=sharing
Ryan Childs:
Telephone Number - 07905295813
Gmail - 13childsryan@gmail.com
Leah Carter:
Connor Milligan:
Harry King:
Telephone Number - 07896752424
Gmail - 13kingharry@gmail.com
Shooting Schedule:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8NS3PfH7wmATXZVTll6N3Z4dk0/edit?usp=sharing
Music Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eacRfMY8JTYCast Contact:
Ryan Childs:
Telephone Number - 07905295813
Gmail - 13childsryan@gmail.com
Leah Carter:
Connor Milligan:
Harry King:
Telephone Number - 07896752424
Gmail - 13kingharry@gmail.com
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