The document provides an analysis of the sound design techniques used in the video game Grand Theft Auto 5. It describes the setting as a living room shown through footsteps and radio music. The mood shifts from casual to serious to angry as characters talk. Background music is absent but gunshots and voices appear recorded in a studio then edited with software to achieve effects like the fuzzy radio sound.

1. Salford City College
Eccles Sixth Form Centre
BTEC Extended Diploma in GAMES DESIGN
Unit 73: Sound For Computer Games
Game Title
Grand Theft Auto 5
Provide detailed descriptions from chosen examples that establish…
Setting
Clearly state what production technique(s) you think have
been used to create specific soundtrack elements
There is no background music.
A house in a living room. This is shown by the footsteps and the music playing that
appears to be played on a radio.
Mood
The mood is set as casual at first but then becomes more serious as the characters
start talking to one another. Then the mood changes to anger.
Game genre
The game is a wide open sand box
Narrative
The music that is herd seems fuzzy like on a radio
in the background. This effect I think would have
been made with sound editing software in a
studio.
The gun shots in the background appear to be
done in a studio.
The narrative was recorded by voice actors in
Characters talking are the only narrative in the game