Well, Its unlike me to be excited about writting an essay, but hey what do you know. I am looking foward to this essay because I will be writting about something I enjoy and have a passion for.
The task set for the essay, '1,500 word written assignment analysing critically the production design of one film/computer game'. As i well know this essay is going to be a joy to write, hopefully. Having done the first project and the essay, I now know what it is I must do and what schedule I must follow. That is why I have been researching at an early stage. Trying to find possible games and films isn't proving that hard, its just I have so many to choose from.
Ok for starters I have been looking at four in particular, Resident evil 4, Resident evil Degeneration, FF7: Advent children and Final fantasy X. I know looking at four looks alot but to me it only broadens my choice. These are some of my choices which I will be looking in to. I will keep you guys posted and on a later date will let you know how I am getting on.
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3 comments:
Okay - some important tips re. the essay. What I DON'T want is 1,500 words of general observations about the 'look' of a game or film; what I'm looking for is some genuine research into the creative team/rationale behind the creation of a particular world (for instance, for Superman Returns, there was a conscious effort on behalf of the production designers to create an amalgamation of time periods, so that the film had a retro/contemporary quality that referenced the forties as well as the present day); another way to discuss the 'look' of a film/game in a contextualised way is to gather together lots of film/reviews and cross-reference the similarities between observations, as reviewers identify 'trends' and 'meanings' in the production design. I want you to actually 'deconstruct' the look of something in intellectual terms, and not just bang on about the obvious stuff - this should be your mantra - AVOID GENERIC OBSERVATIONS! Find an angle, support it with external evidence and PROVE your analysis... Obviously then, I'd choose something about which you can dig up the relevant information...
... also, can you circulate this advice via the bloggosphere? :-)
okay will do
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