Unit 4 & 5 – Creative Media Production Management Project & Working to a brief in Media

Structure of my lessons Monday Morning 9-10am: Academic Co-Ordinator session 10.15 – 12.00am: Unit 4 & 5 – Creative Media Production Management Project & Working to a brief in Media Friday Afternoon 9-12am & 12.45-1.45pm : Unit 66 & 67 – 3D Modelling & 3D Animation Unit 4 & 5 – Creative Media Production Management Project & Working to a brief in Media 2-3pm:

Assignments Unit 4 & 5 Assignment Assignment 1 - Pre Production and presentation Assignment 2 - Production and post production including testing Unit 66 & 67 Assignment Assignment 1 – 3D Modelling Theory Assignment 2 – 3D Model Design Assignment 3 – (Unit 66 P3) – Due: TBC Unit 67 Assignment Assignment 1 – 3D Animation design and creation

Your brief You are an apprenticeship games designer working for games developer SLC Studios in the East Midlands. Your manager has asked you to plan and develop a new concept for a video game inspired by the TV show Stranger Things. This will be a 3D game created using the Unreal Engine with custom created 3D models, other royalty free assets can also be used. This game will be developed for Windows PC but should consider the possibility of ports to consoles and mobile devices. You will be expected to present 4 brief game ideas initially with design documentation. Moodboard(Padlet), Mindmap, One will be chosen to create a full game design document This will be pitched and feedback given before beginning production You will be expected to create weekly logs through production detailing the games progress Stranger things trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWxyRG_tckY

Stranger things - Areas to consider: Narrative/story – What is the story? Location/setting – Where is Stranger Things set? Give a description of the location. Time period – When is Stranger Things set? Does it link to any previous time periods? Character(s) – Who are the main characters? How are these characters personalities portrayed through costume/make-up/hair and the dialogue and action within Stranger Things? Genre(s) – Which types of genre does Stranger Things have? Visual Style – What kind of colours, lighting and styles does the show use Sound/Music – What music and sound effect does the show use. Do they fit well? Target audience – Who are the target audience? Why?

Gameplay Styles to Consider Interaction model Narrative Game setting Rules Game goals Challenges Risk & Rewards

Mechanics A driving game Braking, skidding, reversing, accelerating, crashing, swerving, jumping (ramps), turbo boost…

Based on this brief produce 4 basic game ideas Use the 4 brief design templates provided goo.gl/Ud2Ag1 Moodboard using Padlet: inspirations/visual/audio padlet.com If finished, using blogger choose and justify your final choice of idea to take forward. How and why is it the best? Will you use any of the ideas from the other game? Minimum 1 idea you can discuss with me by 12.

Individual exercise: Decision time Using blogger choose and justify your final choice of idea to take forward. How and why is it the best? Will you use any of the ideas from the other game? Define the situation/decision to be made Identify the important criteria within the brief and requirements for creating the game and what the expected game should be. Consider all possible game ideas including positive and negative aspects Which one is most likely to meet the game brief criteria given to you? Which one will be the most fun? Most unique? Likely to be achievable? Choose the best option