1. Salford City College
Eccles Sixth Form Centre
BTEC Extended Diploma in GAMES DESIGN
Unit 73: Sound For Computer Games
Game Title Saints row 4 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RT3hAYEATbg
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 Desert location
Wilderness
Echoes of the blades of the helicopter indicate they’re in a canyon kind of
environment
Opening and closing of car doors
Crushing of a melon
Mood Stealthy – being quiet as they talk, light footsteps
Battle/fight
Chirping of grasshoppers which indicates an grassy area in a densely populated
area
Increase of volume of music as they are fighting
Change of music speed as they get closer to the confrontation
Background music
Ambient recordings of wind
Slamming car doors shut
Opening of car doors
Car engine running
Clashing of metals together and then adjusting the
pitch and time adjustment to create sounds of a gun
firing
Game genre Action
Fighting
Third person shooter
Crushing of a melon to imitate breaking of bones
Breaking of glass
Clashing of metal as they use of weapons is present
Narrative Zipping down rope from the helicopter
Several people get dropped off from a helicopter in the middle of the desert
Group of members of the saints intend to attack a terrorist organisations convoy
Confrontation from one of the saints leads to a fight between him and several
terrorists
Ambient recordings of an overhead helicopter
Voice actors
Recording of a zip jacket and then manipulating the
pitch and time adjustment