1. Salford City College
Eccles Sixth Form Centre
BTEC Extended Diploma in GAMES DESIGN
Unit 73: Sound For Computer Games
Game Title Watchdogs
Provide detailed descriptions from chosen examples that establish… Clearly state what production technique(s)
you think have been used to create specific
soundtrack elements
Setting The setting for this is a public building called Merlaut. I know this because of
the narrative line ‘Okay I’m in the lobby at the Merlaut’. Also due to this line I
believe the public building could be a restaurant or hotel/motel. It would
appear that the person is in the lobby to engage in crime actives. I know this
because of the narration the person says ‘I’m hacking in’ (0:22) and after that
he also says ‘How much we got?’ Immediately afterward another character
says ‘A hundred grand in thirty seconds’. This is clearly a criminal operation
in a lobby of a hotel/restaurant.
In studio recording world have been used to
gather the narrative.
Mood The trailer doesn’t give me any mood. This is because there is no sound or
narrative to make me feel like something bad, good, sad, etc. is happening.
No production techniques would have been
used.
Game genre The game genre is [underground crime/action]. I know this is a game based
on cybercrime because of the phase ‘I’m hacking in’ (0:22) and the
conversation ‘How much we got?’ Immediately afterward another character
says ‘A hundred grand in thirty seconds’. Towards the end of the cutscene we
hear a conversation between to other people ‘You’re assigned Aiden Peirce.
Take him out’. Initially I would have thought that is a secret police operation,
but then I hear the next of the conversation ‘Hit the family if you need to. This
guy’s hacking days are over’. Now having heard all the conversation I believe
this is a gang that is aiming to take out a member of a rival gang.
In studio recording world have been used to
gather the narrative.
Narrative In this cutscene the narrative solely relies on narration. This is because all the
other sound effects don’t justify their use in the cutscene: they don’t help to
explain the setting, mood and game genre.
In studio recording world have been used to
gather the narrative.
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