1. It Started With A Drink...

2. Weekly Student Notices 22nd March 2010

4. Changes to Late Slips Late slips now have a new section for you to complete. The ‘Reason for lateness’ box on the reverse of the slip and must be completed before handing the slip to your tutor. Reasons will be monitored so that we can offer support and advice for persistent lateness.

5. Castle Radio The new Castle College AM Radio Station is to be set up to run along the lines of a Student Union society. This gives Confetti students many exiting opportunities in terms of helping to run the station and providing or developing content for transmission. If you’re interested in helping to run the Radio Station please email curtis.hodelin@confetti-ict.com for more information

6. YouthBytes- what do you think? Have you spotted the YouthBytes widget in the top right hand corner of the LRC and café computer desktops? What do you think of it? Have you clicked on any of the links? Would you like any improvements/changes to be made? Let us know what you think via your personal tutor.

7. Confetti Rules Currently, sixConfetti students are at risk of suspension or even expulsion due to poor attendance, punctuality, submissions or behaviour. In February alone, a further twelve students were removed from the course for breach of the above rules. Keeping up to date on your course work, being professional and attending on time is essential in order to not jeopardise your place on programme. These same skills are key to your future success in the workplace. Check with your personal tutor regarding your current progress and any improvements you can make in order to remain an exemplary Confetti student.

8. Calling all BND Music Tech Students! We’re putting together a Confetti CD of BND Music Technology student tracks and we want your tunes! The best tracks will be chosen by a panel of tutors, mastered and put on to a CD which will be given to visitors and future students of Confetti. They could even be featured on the Confetti website! For your chance to appear on the CD please give your track to your personal tutor or email an mp3 to peter.fletcher@confetti-ict.com. Tracks must be submitted by Friday 26th March 2010 at the latest.

9. Cultural Calendar Wed 24 Mar- Rama Navami (Hindu ) Birthday of Lord Rama, an incarnation of Vishnu and the hero of the Ramayan Wed 24 Mar- Swaminarayan Jayanti (Hindu ) This day marks the birth of Lord Swaminarayan for followers of the Swaminarayan tradition. Thu 25 Mar- Annunciation (Christian ) Marks the angel Gabriel's message to the Virgin Mary that she would give birth to the incarnation of Christ. It also celebrates the incarnation itself as the date falls 9 months before Christmas. Fri 26 Mar- Khordad Sal (Fasli) (Zoroastrian ) The birthday of Zoroaster, celebrated on this date in the Fasli calendar. Also known as the Greater Noruz Sun 28 Mar- Palm Sunday (Christian ) The sixth and last Sunday of Lent. Marks the entry of Jesus into Jerusalem and the start of Holy Week. Sun 28 Mar- Mahavira Jayanti (Jain ) The birth anniversary of Lord Mahavira, the 24th Tirthankar and the "founder" of modern Jainism Mon 29 Mar- Fast of the Firstborn (Jewish ) Observed only by firstborn males, on the day before Passover. This fast celebrates the survival of Jewish firtborn sons from the 10th Plague of Egypt.

10. Japanese Word of the Week (15) Tensai-teki [Tensai-teki Miyamoto des] Miyamoto yokattawa!

11. Aims & Objectives Aims: Students will understand routes to pre-production. They will use it to focus upon booklet and cover design for their game. Objectives: All students will identify 2 forms of pre-production, design & research Most students will identify 2 forms of pre-production, design & research and explain their function Some students will identify 3 forms of pre-production, design & research, explain and use their functions for assignment purposes

12. Research& Pre-Production 22March 2010 Unit 1 Research Techniques for Media Industries Unit 2 Pre-Production for Media Industries Unit 70 Computer Game Design (part)

13. Research Techniques 1 Understand the purposes of research in the media industries 2 Be able to apply a range of research methods and techniques 3 Be able to present results of research.

14. Pre-Production Techniques 1 Understand requirements for production 2 Be able to obtain resources for production 3 Be able to apply production logistics.

15. Your Deadline! Assignment 5.3 – 22March 2010 Assignment 5.4 – 26March 2010 Monday 22March 2010 is TODAY

18. Have you supplied a treatment?

19. Have you proffered taglines based upon research?

20. Have you shown that you can be visual as well as textual?

22. Have you looked at a variety of games and replicated their style?

23. Have you provided rating guidance?

25. Like Death and Taxes...

27. Shake hands with your pitchee

28. Speak slowly and carefully

30. Structure your pitch for clarity

31. Allow for questions

33. Don’t talk trash

34. Do show workings out

36. Activity Now make a small list detailing things you can get right in your pitch...

37. Budgets A Slight Return

38. How Much Do You Need? Top 3 Game Budgets of All Time 1. Grand Theft Auto IV – $100 million (£65,875,841.85) 2. Gran Turismo 5 – $80 million (£52,698,141.88) 3. Shenmue – $70 million (£46,111,524.73) Get REAL! MotoGP was made with how much money???

40. Publishers

41. Private investorsName them! Don’t assume that we know who they are!

42. Capital Expenditure Ensure that you don’t ASSUME anything of your game design. It will need software, it will require a timeframe, you will need an office to work in: From business lunches to getting pizza in for crunch. From getting the stamp of approval at GDC to getting a stamp from the Post Office. Everything costs!!!!!

43. Budgets in Class Assignment 5.4 requires more detail on budgets. Can Pedgy help you with budget? Please ask and ye shall receive!

44. That Brings Us To The End Of These Units Feedback please?

46. Hints and tips for 5.4Have we met our outcomes?