The document analyzes the sound design of the soundtrack from the video game Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare. It examines four different elements - the setting, mood, game genre, and narrative - and identifies the production techniques used to create the soundtrack for each element. For the setting, field recording was used to capture ambient environmental sounds. Both field recording and voice recording in a studio were used to convey the tense mood. Studio voice recording, foley artistry, and field recording combined to suit the action game genre. And studio recording was employed for the character dialog in the narrative passages.

1. Salford City College
Eccles Sixth Form Centre
BTEC Extended Diploma in GAMES DESIGN
Unit 73: Sound For Computer Games
Game Title Call of duty - Advancedwarfare
Provide detailed descriptions from chosen examples that establish… Clearly state what production technique(s) you think have
been used to create specific soundtrack elements
Setting
The settingseemstobe ina war environmentinside the barracksfromthe narrative
and the othermechanical noisesitseemslike it’sjustbefore goingintoamissionor
war.IN the backgroundyoucan hearthe windrustling,doorsmechanical doors
openingandvehicles,itseems tobe abig openspace indoor.
The production techniques usedforthisisfield
recordingforthe windand vehiclesinthe
background.Theyhave alsousedsome folly
artistryfor the doorsand otherroboticsounds.
Fieldrecordinghasalsobeensuedtogetthe
soundsof get the othersubtle soundstogive life
to the environmentaround.
Mood
Judgingfromthe dialogsthe character“Mitchel”seemstobe nervousandtense in
the beginningbuthisfriendtriestocheerhimup. Itmore of a tense andnervous
feelingwhenthe charactersspeak all aroundbecause itseemsliketheyare soldiers
rightbefore a dangerousmission. The backgroundsoundslikethe marchingsounds
givesina more tense pre-warfeeling.
Thisis done byvoice recordingina studiosince
the moodis mostlyshownthrough narratives.
There issome fieldrecordingused too.
Game genre
Judgingfromthe narrativesandall the backgroundnoise thisseemstobe inthe
actiongenre.Inthe narrativesyoucan clearlyhere the charactersare soldiersgoing
for war.The othercharacter doingthe inductionorpre battle preptalk,that makes
it soundlike I ismore like shootgame andfast pacedaction. The soundslike the
roboticsand hearingthe tone of the character’svoices
Studiovoice recordinghasbeenusedforthis.
Follyartistryhasbeenusedtoget those noisesof
doorsclosing,robots anddoors closingetc.
Fieldrecordinghasalsobeensuedtogetthe
soundsof get the othersubtle soundstogive life
to the environmentaround.
Narrative
The firstnarrative withinthe twocharacters Mitchell andIronsseemstobe based
on howand whytheyjoinedthe armyor thismilitaryorganization. Bothof the
character joinedthe armybecause of theirfathers,one characterwantedtoget
away fromhimand the otherdidIt for hiswill.Thenthe nextnarrative isthe
commandergettingthe teamreadyforthe battle,The change of histone seemslike
he is tryingto getthe squad readyto fight.
Studiorecordinghasbeenusedforthisto getthe
voicesof the characters.
Theyalsohave usedsoftware toget the voices
and the othernoisesinthe backgroundright,like
changingthe volume levelsof the separate
sounds.

2. Salford City College
Eccles Sixth Form Centre
BTEC Extended Diploma in GAMES DESIGN
Unit 73: Sound For Computer Games
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