Week 3 Game Design
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The document discusses the history and analysis of games from several perspectives. It covers how gameplay and representation/symbolism should both be considered in understanding games. Early digital games included tic-tac-toe programs from 1952 and Spacewar! from 1962. The commercial video game industry began with the Magnavox Odyssey and Atari's Pong in the early 1970s. Scholars have analyzed games from artistic, industry, technological, social, and other perspectives to understand their development and cultural impact over time.
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The document discusses motion picture sound and its classification, elements, and use in film. Motion picture sound is classified into sound effects, music, and spoken language. Elements of sound can be synchronous (recorded at the same time as images) or nonsynchronous (recorded separately and dubbed onto images), and diegetic (coming from within the depicted world) or nondiegetic (coming from outside the depicted world). The document also discusses the history of sound in film, from early talkies to innovations by directors like Orson Welles, and how music can be used to suggest mood, location, characters, and control emotional shifts in scenes.
2017 08 571
1. This document discusses different editing styles used in film, including realism styles like long takes and sequence shots, as well as classical, formalist, and abstract styles.
2. Continuity editing aims to present scenes in a seamless way through techniques like matching shots based on time and location. Discontinuity editing breaks these conventions.
3. Formalist filmmakers like Eisenstein explored montage and juxtaposition of shots to convey meaning and dialectical conflicts. Films like Battleship Potemkin and Un Chien Andalou employ abstract cutting styles.
2017 07 571
The document discusses different classifications and uses of sound in motion pictures. It covers synchronous vs. nonsynchronous sound, diegetic vs. nondiegetic sound, and how music and sound effects are used to shape the narrative and themes of a film. Musicians and sound designers work with the director from early stages to create a cohesive soundtrack. Sound can be recorded during filming or later added, and it can come from within or outside the world depicted on screen. The history of sound in films is also summarized, from early talkies to innovations by directors like Eisenstein and Welles in using sound montage. Music is discussed in terms of mood, location, and characterization suggestions, as well as how it can control or contrast emotional shifts
2017 05 571
The document discusses various concepts related to story structure and narrative techniques including Robert McKee's principles of inciting incidents, Joseph Campbell's hero's journey monomyth, and an analysis of the structure of the 2011 film Rideshare. Key points covered include the importance of an inciting incident that upsets the protagonist's status quo, using story beats like crisis points and climaxes to drive the narrative, and analyzing Rideshare's plotline through this structural lens. The document also touches on other concepts like point of view, figurative language, and Aristotelian distinctions between mimesis and diegesis in storytelling.
2017 04 571
The document discusses principles of mise-en-scène and film composition, including the rule of thirds, aspect ratios, and camera movement techniques. Mise-en-scène refers to how visual elements are staged and framed to create meaning. The rule of thirds involves dividing the frame into thirds to place subjects of interest at intersection points. Aspect ratios like 1.85:1 and 2.35:1 determine the shape of the frame and influence composition. There are seven basic types of camera movements, such as panning, tilting, dolly shots, and zooms, that can be used to direct viewer attention.
2017 02a. 571
The document discusses key differences between Canadian and American cinema traditions. Canadian cinema grew out of showing honest reflections of Canadians through films produced by the National Film Board, while American cinema began as a collective dream by Jewish immigrants to create pure fantasy and reinvent the American Dream. The document then provides examples of two influential Canadian films - Lonely Boy and Boogie Doodle - that exemplify different styles of Canadian cinema. Lonely Boy is a 1963 documentary that takes a realistic approach, while Boogie Doodle is a 1948 experimental animated film that was drawn directly onto film.
2017 04 571
The document discusses concepts of mise-en-scène and composition in filmmaking. It defines mise-en-scène as how visual elements are staged and framed as captured moments. Mise-en-scène originally referred to theatrical staging but now applies to constructing two-dimensional film images. It provides a systematic 15-point method for analyzing elements of mise-en-scène including lighting, shot types, colors, and character placement. The document also discusses frame aspect ratios used in different formats and how they impact composition, as well as the rule of thirds principle and seven basic types of camera movement.
2017 03 571
This document discusses various theoretical approaches to analyzing films, including style and genre, auteur theory, and literary, realist, and Marxist theories. It provides examples of how Francis Ford Coppola's film Apocalypse Now could be analyzed through these different lenses. The document also covers categories of film style like realism, classicism and formalism. It discusses techniques of mise-en-scène including shot types, camera angles, lighting styles, color, and character placement. Film theory provides intellectual frameworks for exploring movies from social, political, and aesthetic perspectives.
2017 02 571
This document provides an overview of practice-based research methodology and styles of film. It defines practice-based research as research that advances knowledge through the creation of an artifact, such as a video, where the artifact embodies the knowledge and words are used to describe the context. It discusses interpretive inquiry as a practical and moral research activity. Three approaches to knowledge are described: episteme (scientific), techne (practical), and phronesis (moral). The document outlines an iterative design cycle for practice-based research and discusses styles of film including realism, classicism, and formalism, providing examples of each.
Performance in Virtual Worlds
Virtual reality is a computer-simulated environment that can simulate physical presence in real or imagined worlds. It is considered to have wide-ranging benefits for healthcare, education, gaming, architecture, and the military. Virtual reality environments are usually visual experiences accompanied by sounds, and the person can determine what happens through their actions via sensory stimuli provided by a computer. Some key concerns about virtual reality include potential links to desensitization, depression, anxiety, and problems with empathy or compassion.
Game Genres
This document discusses video game genres and influential game designers known as auteurs. It outlines common genres such as action, shooter, adventure, role-playing, strategy and others. For each genre, it provides examples of subgenres and influential auteurs who helped define many of the most popular franchises within that genre such as Shigeru Miyamoto for action-adventure games like Legend of Zelda, the Miller brothers for the adventure game Myst, Will Wright for life simulations like The Sims, and Sid Meier for strategy games like Civilization.
Serious Games
Raph Koster is a renowned game designer known for his work on Ultima Online and Star Wars Galaxies. He argues that games are puzzles that teach players to solve problems and learn patterns by practicing permutations in a low-stakes environment. Fun comes from the cognitive challenge of mastering a problem and the release of endorphins from learning. Boredom occurs when a game provides no challenges. Serious games discussed at a Canada symposium included virtual training simulations, educational games, and social issue games addressing topics like homelessness, pandemics, and geopolitics.
Layers of Performativity
This document discusses the concept of performativity through seven layers present in the video game Spore. It summarizes each layer: 1) Inspiration of the creator Will Wright; 2) The video game industry; 3) Spectacle and performance elements in the game; 4) Sacred and ritual elements; 5) Transformation experienced by players; 6) Doubling of characters and player's role; 7) Omnipotence felt by players controlling god-like powers. The document concludes that through synthesizing these performativity layers, Spore provides a meaningful play experience for players on a cultural level.
Motion Capture
These slides accompany a student presentation on Motion Capture for a class in Performance in Film and Videogames at University of Calgary.
Voice Acting Animation
This is a student presentation from a Performance in Film and Videogames class at the University of Calgary.
Canadian Actors and Auteurs
This is a student presentation from a University of Calgary Performance in Film and Videogames class.
Foreign Films and Cultural Signs
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Principles of Animation
The document outlines the Twelve Principles of Animation developed by Disney animators Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston. The principles are meant to produce animated characters that adhere to physics while also conveying emotion and character. Some of the key principles include squash and stretch to give a sense of weight and flexibility, anticipation to make actions appear more realistic, follow through and overlapping action so body parts continue moving after the main action stops, exaggeration to make movements look natural rather than mechanical, and appeal to give characters charisma.
Comedy and A Full Arch of Experience
The document discusses elements of comedy characters and two comedy films, The Big Lebowski and A Fish Called Wanda. It analyzes whether the main characters, The Dude and Archie, undergo a character arc or change over the course of the film's hero's journey. It also examines whether the characters have interesting subtext, blind obsessions driving their desires, and if the writers developed the characters with care. The document provides discussion questions to analyze these elements of the characters and films.
Interactive Movies and Performance
This document discusses the concept of gamification and its application to movies. It proposes giving audiences the ability to choose plot progressions and view certain characters. It notes that while video games have eclipsed movies in terms of interactivity, advertisers and pornographers have made most use of gamification. It also profiles actress Ellen Page, describing some of her roles and questioning her genre and whether she is typecast.
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