1. The document provides notices to students about changes to their classes, including new teachers for various subjects. 2. It also includes a Japanese phrase of the week, aims and objectives for a computer game story development unit, and information about the Acadian people and the Great Expulsion from Nova Scotia. 3. The document discusses developing characters for computer games and explores the character of Gambit from X-Men through sharing ideas and examining examples from media.

1. Student NoticesCan I please remind and urge you to check student notices please? It’s vital that you take note and notice of stuff affecting you!

2. Your Teachers Are Changing!Working to a Brief will be taken by:

3. Rosie Francis

4. Chris Hallam

5. Jon Laud

6. Concept Art will be taken by:

7. Kelly Vero

8. Gin Rai

9. Computer Games Engines will be taken by:

10. Kelly Vero

11. Gin Rai

12. Seminars will be taken by:

13. Jonny Stenton NOTE: Your timetable has NOT changed!

14. Japanese Word of the Week (17)Sain o shite moraemasu ka.[Sane-oh shi-taymoor-ay-mass-ka]Hai!

15. Aims & ObjectivesAims:Students will explore character devices to move plotObjectives:All students will be able to identify 3 key character devices to move plot in separate genreMost students will be able to identify 3 key character devices to move plot and describe 1 form in detailSome students will be able to identify 3 key character devices to move plot and describe 2 forms in detail

16. Computer Game Story Development17 May 2010Unit 72 Computer Game Story Development

17. Computer Game Story Development1 Understand storytelling for games2 Be able to produce a story for a game3 Be able to produce game dialogue4 Be able to reflect upon own narrative work.

18. Gambit, I Am

19. Film 1

20. Vital Stats Born in Louisiana

21. Master Thief (rather than Master Chief)

22. Married young – to Belladonna

23. Lost soul, mysterious stranger, drifterHow Do We Know?Characters can be brainstormed and developed through sharing ideas.Did you know that Rogue and Gambit have an on/off relationship?Gambit spends a large part of his life here – but where is it?

24. Activity Find this excerpt from X-Men in front of you. Without looking online – try and capture exactly who Gambit is from the image.

25. Use descriptive words rather than sentences....IndestructibleHappyDependableStraitlacedDrunkWeakStrongFriendlyAloneSociable

26. Was This Easy?Developing characters is one of the hardest things you’ll do as a games designer.

27. How can you make life easier?Film 2

28. The AcadiensIn what is known as the Great Expulsion (le Grand Dérangement), more than 14,000 Acadians (three quarters of the Acadian population in Nova Scotia) were expelled, their homes burned and their lands confiscated. Families were split up, and the Acadians were dispersed throughout the British lands in North America; some were returned to France. Gradually, some managed to make their way to Louisiana, creating the Cajun population, while others returned to British North America, settling in coastal villages and in northern New Brunswick.

29. ActivityIn groups, spend some time looking at examples of Cajuns or Acadiens in action. Here’s few examples:Rene in True Blood

30. Gambit in X-Men Evolution

31. Youtube News Reports

32. Adam Sandler, The Waterboy

33. The Waterboy’s mum in The WaterboyLet’s discuss them in a second!

34. What’s the Main Thing You Notice About Cajuns?

35. Overview – What Have We Learned?We can let characters speak for themselves

36. Looks count for a lot

37. The geography of a place is as important as where that person or character comes from...Have we met our outcomes?

38. Next WeekA bloody good ending and the beginning of scriptwriting/screen plays