Working life in a Creative gaming team

Three questions to research and answer this morning:


Unit 3. D2:

1. Describe, with images and examples, the range of jobs and roles that make up the game production team. Case studies are included on the creative skills set website


2. Explain how different jobs relate to one another.

Many people work together in the production of a new game but how do their roles and tasks relate and connect together? Pick a selection of job roles and look at how they relate to each other, for example: How do the roles and jobs of games designer, programmer and project manager interact with eacherother, how do they connect and comunicate, how do thier jobs and roles link together?

3. Moving from full time to flexible contracts, the industry is changing! Describe the advantages and disadvantages of the kind of contract or work patterns people in the game industry work within.


Interactive: what do you already know?

Interactive Media Products
prior knowledge



Upload videos: Watch and discuss

Favourite games: pros and cons to game,

why you like it,

why its popular,

strengths and weakness’ of its interactivity,

access to the game

Make a powerpoint including screen shot examples

Conditions of employment: the boundaries in gaming

Unit 4:2 Compare and contrast two different game classifications. Provide examples of games. For these describe how the game is constructed for it's specific audience with examples.

 
 
 
 



I agree/disagree with gaming classification because...
POINT: agree or disagree
EVIDENCE: what evidence do you have to support your opinion? this may be from research or news report, experience or the content of a game
EXPLAIN YOUR EVIDENCE: explain why your evidence conects to and supports your point.



Unit 3:2 describe some of the following industry conditions you would have to uphold in employment with appropriate illustrative examples. Why do you think they were created?

Copywrite law,
Race Discrimination Act,
advertising standards,
libel law,
press codes of conduct
 
BBC guidelines
 

 

Templates


CHARACTER DESCRIPTION

 

PRODUCTION
COMPANY
DIRECTOR
CHARACTER NAME
CHARACTER AGE
CHARACTER NATIONALITY
CHARACTER DESCRIPTION/ PROFILE
OUTINE OF CHARACTERS STORY IN THE SCRIPT
ACTOR PHOTO
ACTORS NAME
ACTORS HEIGHT (cm)
ACTORS AGE
ACTORS NATIONALITY
CONTACT DETAILS

 

LOCATION BREAKDOWN

 

PRODUCTION
COMPANY
DIRECTOR
 
LOCATION
CONTACT DETAILS
LOCATION MANAGER
 
PHOTOS
 
LOCATION DESCRIPTION
 
USE IN SCRIPT
DATES REQUIRED
INTERNAL/EXTERNAL
 
NEEDED DAY/NIGHT
 
GREEN ROOM
PARKING
ELECTRICITY SOURCE
SPECIAL REQUIRMENTS
RELEASE FORM ISSUED (DATE)
RELEASE FORM RETURNED (DATE)

 

SCENE BREAKDOWN

 

PRODUCTION
COMPANY
DIRECTOR
SCENE NAME AND NUMBER
SCENE DIRECTOR
PHYSICAL LOCATION
PAGE
INTERNAL/EXTERNAL
DAY/NIGHT
SCENE DESCRIPTION
CHARACTERS
CAST
EXTRAS
ART DEPT/ CONSTRUCTION
PROPS
COSTUME
EXTRA EQUIPMENT
VEHICELS
WEATHER/ATMOSHPERICS
LIGHTING
CAMERA

 

Video Brief: thinking it through


Video Brief possibilities...


Making the News

BBC News reporting












3 min wonder: Pockets

Programmes-3-minute-wonder






Forming ideas for a music video

BBC Introducing: making a music video




Year 11: Video Production Brief

Assignment:  – “Video Production for Broadcast ”  (Year 11)
Units: 2,3,4,5
Hand Out Date: 7/09/2012
Interim Date:  26/10/2012= 7weeks
Final Deadline:  20/05/2013



Evidence:
Units covered

Brief:   
Using knowledge and building upon skills you learnt in year 10 you are to produce a 1-4 min video production. The format is up to you but think of it as a pilot episode for a proposed project. This is what producers and directors make to convince the industry to invest in their project; they produce a high quality example showcasing the strength of their idea and their abilities to produce it to a high standard.
It could be a mock news program, 3min documentary (channel 4’s 3min wonders), a music video or and interview feature for a TV show.
This is an individual task: everyone must produce their own production. Unit 5:2 means however you will need to recruit and work as crew for each other in a technical capacity (i.e. cameraman, sound man, even as editors if you wish: work to each other’s strengths)

Key focus’ of project:
Demonstrating your knowledge of and ability to work within video industry practises
Developing a strong, appropriate and considered idea
To communicate your ideas and intentions

Synopsis of Unit : Unit 2: Communication Techniques for Creative Media Production
·         1 Be able to communicate about media production in discussions
·         2 Be able to present information and ideas orally to an audience
·         3 Be able to communicate information and ideas in written formats for media production.
Synopsis of Unit : Unit 3: The Creative Media Sector
·         1 Know how the creative media sector is structured
·         2 Know about job roles and conditions of employment in a creative media industry
·         3 Know how to gain employment in a creative media industry.
Synopsis of Unit : Unit 4: Media Audiences and Products
·         1 Know how a media industry identifies audiences for its products
·         2 Understand how media products are constructed for specific audiences
·         3 Understand how audiences can respond to media products.
Synopsis of Unit : Unit 5 Video Production
·         1 Be able to carry out pre-production for a proposed video product
·         2 Be able to contribute in a technical capacity to the creation of a video product
·         3 Be able to carry out post-production for a video product
·         4 Be able to review own video production work.

Unit 2
Unit 3
Unit 4
Unit 5


  

Task 1: Pre-Production

Explore more than one option for your production
Consider audience
Communicate your ideas and intentions
Carry out pre-production tasks relevant to your project
Document Heath and Safety considerations and risk assessments’
Recruit a crew
Visit to BBC Studios Norwich

Unit 2
P1/2/3 M1/2/3 D1/2/3
Unit 3
P1 M1 D1
P2 M2 D2
P3 M3 D3
Unit 4
P1 M1 D1
P2 M2 D2
Unit 5
P1 M1 D1

Task 2: Production

Discus and communicate your ideas and intentions to your crew.
Document your contribution in a technical capacity to the creation of a video product
Produce your video production, review and reshoot where necessary to produce best results.

Unit 2
P1/2/3 M1/2/3 D1/2/3
Unit 4
P2 M2 D2
Unit 5
P2 M2 D2

Task 3: Post-Production and Review

Carry out post-production tasks relevant to your project
Review/ evaluate both your final product and your working practise
Present your ideas, research and final film to an audience
Reflect on how your product response to its specified audience
Gather reviews and information on how your audience responds to your work. How do audiences communicate their views to video producers?
Upload everything to your blog

Unit 2
P1/2/3 M1/2/3 D1/2/3
Unit 4
P2 M2 D2
P3 M3 D3
Unit 5
P3 M3 D3
P4 M4 D4



Assessors: E COOPER, R DOOKEE, M WITTING