part 3: character

i think its hard to thing of an individual character from films or books that give of feeling because all well made films let you relate to characters and give you an impression of them as you would in real life very fast we seem to make assumptions of people and get a gist of what there like the main way in films they would do something ab it extreme to give an impression of someone  like someone being a nice guy helping an old lady across the street or a man being a womaniser by waking up with a woman or talking about women allot a good film that instantly give you an impression of these 3 main characters the first within the first 2 Min's you can tell he works hard but hes ab it of a pushover who gets ab it annoyed but has to hide it ill let people walk all over him but i think what  makes the audience  like him is one because hes funny character and when he overcomes his shortcomings  and stands up to the boss the other characters is likable just because hes ab it daft and gets him stook in amusing situations and hes ab it squeamish about them and the last character you like because hes abit of a lad a womaniser but still seems to be a very nice guy and has a cheeky face.

another character that relates to game characters hugely i think would be troy because everybody loves to play as character who kicks ass and just batters everybody in style which what most games are about i think what attracts people to characters like troy is one the acting but mainly i think the look of the character like women would Fancy him and men would appreciate the alpha maleness of him nobody wants to play as a Winny character people i think want to play or watch someone who who is invigorating and basically awesome like argon or gladiator for example.
stories that attract me are good story lined exiting films drama but for me in most films acting skills are key i will watch specific films because i know certain actors are in it so its properly going to be good stories what attracts me inparticuler are epic story lined films that are set in other worlds like sci fi war of the world or big journey films for example lord of the rings or a film that i thing looks good hunger games because its a grounded and relates to real life but set in a place that's diff rent system different way there world works

part two art director

an art director is in charge of the look and genral style of the game and to make sure the game is meeting its deadlines  one of the main parts about being an art director is keeping the stylisation of the game together and constant throughout for example strong stylistic games like bring and street fighter that have constant style from the begging concept art to the final product the art director is responsible for the art staff .

i think its a creative role because you have to have allot of knowledge about art and be able to show your vision for the film through the scenes i think its very artist but not in the sense that you have to be able to draw not that they necessarily cant but i think it more important to be able to show your style thought the whole team
games art directing could be considered as similar because both roles your trying to portray a story a mood through style but the obvious main difference is film directing majorly working with  real people and trying to invoke a mood through acting where as games art directing is trying to invoke a story also thought characters but let you interact with the mood of the game and what you see

also directing a film is the storyline everything where art directing for games is just the art side nothing to do with the storyline

i think if i wanted to become an art director i would have to build a big knowledge on games  an art and history and stronger leadership skills mainly i think idea have to really develop my own style so that ide be able to influence other people to work to the style I'm after

intersting character design mayan warrior

interesting character design Mayan warrior

for my interesting character design Ive chosen to design a Mayan warrior from a strong influence from the film apocalypto because it has really amazing designs and coincidentally one of my favourite films so thought it might be a good idea to review the film.

apocalyptic

the Mayan civilization faces it downfall and in effort to stop there dismisses they build massive temples to worship the gos and to make sacrifice which needs slaves and sacrifices the story revolvers around Jaguar paw and his clan who live in the Forrest and are stolen for sacrifice and Jaguar paw is the only member to survivor by fleeing and eventually fighting back whittling of the enemies in clever ways there is a huge amount of character development throughout for example Jaguar paw starts out abit normally scared as he should be he is very motivated to survivor  and as hes fleeing after a close moment with a Jaguar he has a moment of clarity and says this is my Forrest and then he fights back using all the tricks of the Forrest .directed by Mel Gibson who looks like has done a really good job the film i think is very visual like ridley Scott's you could watch the film and no whats going on its also in subtitles which actually made me enjoy the film more because it make you main concentrate on what you see Rather than hear but also different to ridley films apocalypto is a fast passed film always locked in like ridley but it goes on a big loop retuning to same king of thing as the beginning where as ridley doesn't .the film also has beautifull settings which would be amazing to make in a game filmed in different parts of Mexico and the film really gives of the sound that places you right there the film also has a interesting ending big boats with the cross on them coming to the shore of there Forrest .

 

black hawk down

black hawk down

123 elite U.S. soldiers drop into Somalia to capture two top lieutenants of a renegade warlord and find themselves in a desperate battle with a large force of heavily armed Somalis but then things start go in wrong and Somalia as whole go crazy and try to kill the soldiers two choppers go down and it then becomes a rescue mission to get all there men out before the Somalis Malissa get to them

black hawk down is directed by an amazing artist called ridley Scott first an for most an artist you can really tell by the way he draws hows much he thinks about like angle tone depth the sketches defiantly show through is drawings you can see the exact idea  of what he thinking he also has key frames that you barley notice or scenes that are in the main flow of the film but really brink out emotion and depth like a son shooting his father by accident then holding him and the children running along side the soldiers smiling an laughing  almost like there lots of separate story to be told in short spaces of the film but they never go back to them they always keep moving onto the next story but without breaking the flow  i personally loved the film i think it could of been a also very interesting if they was no talking just music  and the scenes very clearly explain themselves  to what is going on with abit of editing i would be intrigued to watch that film or to get someone who hasn't seen it to see how well they understand it but also there were some very good young actors who have hugely developed since the film i don't no whether black hawk down kicked of there careers but i think it would of helped alot if it wasn't an all star cast back then it certainly would be now.

what amused me in the film was certain call of duty moments that made me laugh for example when Ewan mcgregor  jumped out with a grenade launcher and tyred to noobtube the gunner and completed missed and the quick weapon change on the second hawk down trying to defend it all i could think was spamming {y} i thoroughly enjoyed the film i thought it was interesting how it manages to keep your attentions and interest for a long film because not all films can pull that of .



elements of game design part one :

game play is basically the way you interact with the game the way you run jump kill play but also the depth and atmosphere the game makes you feel when you play it game play is also used to show the interactive of game design game play is difference between interactive games  and non interactive films as such or books in their way that you have to control what happens in the game rather then watch it happen .the biggest game developers i know releasing the best games like epic games rockstar and bio ware  also leading developers like gearbox president randy pitchford who's worked on games like half life and halo pc version an also james hawkins who's worked on gears of 1 and 2 and unreal 1 an 2 and half life counter strike and severall others work al over America in big cities like new york.

i think game design begin with idea from a group of people in a room to one person who would initiate the game and build a team to bring it to life or take it to a big company  imaging an idea for a game begging with concepts designs scripts several different ways to sprout an idea.

i don't think different genre need different design principals i think the initial design skill is needed to build on but always keeping in mind what the genre is to design forward not nessically knowing already  but i think as your stick with a genre you will pick up the key skills that make it what it is .
when i play a game i want to be able to really immerse myself in the world and in the characters believable and enjoy whatever obstacles face them i think characters have really got to feel real an show emotion like what you'd want out of real actors for me to be able to get into a game and also still keeping it action packed but real i think graphics definitely help to add realism for example mass effect series very believable characters even thought some are aliens but there personalty and graphics make them so realistic that it makes the game flow very easy

DEAD SPACE 2

dead space 2 was released in 2011 its horror action survival game  made by visceral games and sponsored by ea the game is about an engineer called Isaac Clarke and his fight for survival  and  his fight against dementia  that's slowly corrupting his brain  throughout the game its unsure whether all the necromorph attack are just his head being traumatised by all the horrible things hes seen in the first game or whether its all real.the game really gives you a survival instinct always making you jump and  pushing your against harder enemies all the time and new scenarios which makes it very enjoyable to play as well as it being a hard game it gives you lots of tools to play in your own way with several different types of weapons which are fully upgrade Abel.

at the begging of the game your start of waking in a straight jacket on a space ship and a man trying to help you get free an immediately you feel tension that something bad is going to happen and the man is brutality murdered and then your have to escape without the use of your arms with lots of mad things going on around which cause allot pressure to escape and minuver around the monsters and escape throughout the game you experience lots of different emotions because of the gripping and compelling  storyline with even some parts that are surprisingly sad when Friends who are trying ti help die or escape thanks too your help but most of the time there is allot of tension when a monster is coming towards and you have to tactically dismember its limbs to efficiently kill them while trying to use as little ammo as possible or walking down a corridor and little things might make you jump like gas pipes or pumping into something  or big things like in a tiny elevator and the lights turn of and you jump out your skin when a huge monster that looks like something out of the thing drops from the ceiling or a corpse which you thought was dead just reanimating it self when you get close.

also what really sets the atmosphere is the sounds like little screeches or screaming in the background sometimes no sound at all that makes you unconsciously hold your breath for something about to happen.

i really enjoyed playing it and highly recommend its because of  it awesome story line and realistic believable charters and boss fights with brilliant graphics and you can really tell that they've put a huge amount of time in designs the awesome landscapes  and flow in the game with amazing game play asetts.
i thing the game was influenced by thing like the thing and resendent evil

mist

the mist

mist a good old fashion Gorey monster movie when i saw the first monster or the tentacles of the monsters i was abit worried about what the film was going to be like but as it went on i actually got into abit i dunno whether i was meant to find it funny but i did find it amusing a points

one of the best points of the films was properly the character development it really showed how people came out there shell and changed under presher and being scared and how the cult slowly formed and how hillbys were turned crazy and soldiers into depression and the scary cult leader who Finlay died to name a few i thought the storyline was not to bad i just thing some of the acting let it down the main properly fault for me because i coudent help but notice was the poor cgi i mean the designs of the creature's wernt bad they properly just dint have a high ought budget i was abit taken aback by the ending because i said that would happen 10 seconds before as a joke i think if they ed of survived or all died would of been better but i think it might be worth reading the original novel because i think it would of been more atmospheric and sad i was taken aback by the ending but after thinking about it abit more i dont think it was as bad as i thought

overall though i  did enjoy the film but i think the end could of been better