1. Salford City College
Eccles Sixth Form Centre
BTEC Extended Diploma in GAMES DESIGN
Unit 73: Sound For Computer Games
Game Title
Halo 4 Epilogue http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=HX__ErSRt2U
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
Starts off with the Spartan stranded off in space looking to have no hope then a
space ship arrives and picks him up and then moves on to seeing soldiers salute the
Spartan to the Spartan talking with the commander.
There has been like an added effect on the way
they speak through a radio when the ship has
arrived on the scene.
When they speak on the deck there is an echo
showing that they are I a open area on the ship.
Mood
During the cut scene it seems like the like the mood is gloomy as violins play
through the entire scene and the fact that the characters are talking about people
that they have lost due to battles or common deaths.
They have got a single person who plays a violin
and I believe that this has been created by using a
directional microphone.
When the commander and the Spartan speak
there is no sound or music just an echo on their
voices.
Game genre
The game is Sci-Fi as its set in space.
Narrative
The Spartan is floating in space as he is then picked up by a ship with other soldiers
and then he is welcomed by the commander and they both talk about death and
losing people they love and then the commander leaves and the Spartan speaks to
himself.
The sounds that are used to tell us it’s a Sci-Fi
game as there are rocket engines which are made
by using a computer generated program. Also
when they find he Spartan here are people
speaking which is like a radio speak hey would of
used a recording booth to record their voices.
They have used like an echo effect on the voices
which suggest they are in a open room, also when
we hear the rocket ship engines it gives off the
Sci-Fi feel for the game.

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