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Department of Media and Communication

EXTENDED PROJECT PORTFOLIO

Academic Year 2016/2017

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CONTENTS

CONTENTS.........................................................................................................................................2

LIST OF FIGURES.............................................................................................................................5

LIST OF TABLES...............................................................................................................................5

DEFINITION OF TERMS...................................................................................................................5

Unit 13/14 - Project Proposal...............................................................................................................6

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Project Action Plan and Timetable.......................................................................................................9

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CHAPTER 1...........................................................................................................................................11

Introduction........................................................................................................................................11

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The Background of my Project........................................................................................................11

Who am I?...................................................................................................................................11

What did I learn on my course?..................................................................................................12

What is my project about?.............................................................................................................13

Why my project is important?........................................................................................................13

My Research Plan............................................................................................................................14

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CHAPTER 2...........................................................................................................................................16

Literature/Resources Review.............................................................................................................16

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Introduction....................................................................................................................................16

Practitioners Report........................................................................................................................17

CONCLUSION - Who/what was my inspiration? /Contextualisation of my study.....................24

CHAPTER 3...........................................................................................................................................25

Research Design..................................................................................................................................25

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Introduction....................................................................................................................................25

Research Questions........................................................................................................................26

Research Design Evolution..............................................................................................................27

CHAPTER 4...........................................................................................................................................29

Research Findings...............................................................................................................................29

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Data analysis...................................................................................................................................29

Conclusion - How did the research help me with my project?......................................................29

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My Project...........................................................................................................................................30

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Introduction....................................................................................................................................30

Pre-Production................................................................................................................................30

Production.......................................................................................................................................30

Post-production..............................................................................................................................30

Presentation....................................................................................................................................30

CHAPTER 6...........................................................................................................................................31

MY EXTENDED PROJECT – FINAL PRODUCT........................................................................................31

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CHAPTER 7...........................................................................................................................................32

Project Evaluation...............................................................................................................................32

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APPENDICES........................................................................................................................................33

Extended project in creative media production Learning Outcomes and Assessment.................33

1. Be able to initiate and develop a creative media production project proposal.......................33

2. Be able to use research, analysis and evaluation to develop solutions for creative media production project.......................................................................................................................33

3. Be able to solve practical, theoretical and technical problems in a creative media production project.........................................................................................................................................33

4. Be able to plan, organise and produce a creative media production project..........................33

5. Be able to use practical methods and skills in a creative media production project................33

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6. Be able to use evaluative and reflective skills in the production of a creative media product.33

7. Be able to present a creative media production project..........................................................33

REFERENCES........................................................................................................................................34

LIST OF FIGURES

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Figure 1- What is research...................................................................................................................25Figure 2- How to ask good questions...................................................................................................26Figure 3 - My exercise 1.......................................................................................................................26

LIST OF TABLES

Table 1 - Project Proposal......................................................................................................................7Table 2 - Project Action Plan and Timetable........................................................................................10Table 3- My research Plan...................................................................................................................14

DEFINITION OF TERMS

EP – Extended ProjectUAL – University of the Arts London

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Unit 13/14 - Project Proposal

CandidateName

Luke Dean

Candidate Number

96480

Pathway Games Development

Project Title Explore the appearance of the media format of the character bible through the use of an alternative history project.

Section 1: Rationale (approx.150 words)

The interest of my project is two sections, my interest in the legend of king Arthur, the Golden age of piracy and the differences between the two eras. The second is the manipulation of the King Arthur legend to the age of piracy.I will do this using multiple representations of the character bible, then have a group of peers help decide what sections of each of the character bibles are good and what is not, I will then use this input to create a final character bible taking all of the feedback in to account.My extended project was inspired by King Arthur. How the story of king Arthur has been represented in the past and how the legend could be adapted for another time period.My project is important as it allows me to display the skills I have gathered in world building as well as skills that are relevant to the creation of a games world and the design of the world.

Section 2: Project Concept (approx. 200 words)

My project is to create a character bible in several formats to represent the information behind my games

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idea, this means I will try to have multiple versions of my project so that I can show the experimentation that I have done. The main influences behind this project are the Legend of king Arthur and the multiple representations that exist and creators like Ken Levine and Masahiro Sakurai and how they have constructed their games worlds.I will research both the legend of king Arthur and the era in which it was based as well as the society at the time, I will also do the same for the golden age of piracy so that I can better adapt the legend into that era. I will also look in to the different representations of these two subjects as to better understand how they have been interpreted by different people.At this point in time I am unsure of my target audience though I have a feeling that I will end up targeting the people who are fans or show interest in the Golden age of piracy and the legend of king Arthur. My role in the project will be as the game architect, the person who comes up with and writes down and further develops the original ideas.

Section 3: Evaluation (approx. 150 words)

I will reflect on my work by asking for the opinions of other people of my age group as well as people of an older and younger age group as to their opinions on which of the representations of the information is better for each group as well as what they like and dislike about each of the representations. I will then use this feedback to create another final version of the character bible using their feedback. I will then also present this version to the same group of people and ask for their opinion on the new one.I will judge the final character bible by the reactions and opinions of my peers and whether the new version that was created based on all of their views on the original representations is any better or if they have a larger preference to one of the original representations then the newer one.

Proposed Research Sources and Bibliography (Harvard Format)

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Amir, 2012. Clarent or the exculiber. [Online] Available at: http://www.mythforum.com/threads/clarent-or-the-exculiber.1291/

Anon., 2017. BBC News. [Online] Available at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/

Anon., n.d. [Online].

BBC, NoDate. Roman Britian. [Online] Available at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/timeline/romanbritain_timeline_noflash.shtml

Bioshock Wiki, 2013. Ken Levine. [Online] Available at: http://bioshock.wikia.com/wiki/Ken_Levine [Accessed 06 March 2017].

Bioshock Wiki, 2017. BioShock. [Online] Available at: http://bioshock.wikia.com/wiki/BioShock [Accessed 22 Febuary 2017].

Bioshock Wiki, 2017. BioShock 2. [Online] Available at: http://bioshock.wikia.com/wiki/BioShock_2 [Accessed 22 Febuary 2017].

Blind Kat, t. p., 2011. The Captian and Crew. [Online] Available at: http://pirates.hegewisch.net/capcrew.html

Cameron, N/A. Mordred & Clarent. [Online] Available at: https://cameronterry8.wordpress.com/2014/04/22/excalibur/

Currin, N., 2001. Mordred. [Online] Available at: http://www.kingarthursknights.com/others/mordred.asp

Currin, N., 2001. Sir Ector. [Online] Available at: http://www.kingarthursknights.com/others/ector.asp

Currin, N., 2001. The Knights. [Online] Available at: http://www.kingarthursknights.com/knights/default.asp

Fantendo, 2014. Super Smash Bros. (Series). [Online] Available at: http://fantendo.wikia.com/wiki/Super_Smash_Bros._ (series)[Accessed 21 Febuary 2017].

Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, 2015. Working Age Population: Aged 15-64: All Persons for Japan©. [Online] Available at: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/LFWA64TTJPM647S [Accessed 21 Febuary 2017].

Grade Saver, N/A. Le Morte d'Arthur. [Online] Available at: http://www.gradesaver.com/le-morte-darthur

History of Humanity, N/A. Golden Age of Piracy. [Online] Available at: http://www.goldenageofpiracy.org/

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IMDb, 2011. BioShock 2 (2010 Video Game) Awards. [Online] Available at: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1506437/awards?ref_=tt_awd[Accessed 07 March 2017].

IMDb, 2012. BioShock (2007 Video Game) Awards. [Online] Available at: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1094581/awards [Accessed 07 March 2017].

IMDb, 2014. BioShock Infinite (2013 Video Game) Awards. [Online] Available at: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1712064/awards?ref_=tt_awd[Accessed 07 March 2017].

Joe, J., 2006. Enchanted Objects. [Online] Available at: https://www.timelessmyths.com/arthurian/objects.html

Johnson, B., 2013. Kings and Princes of Wales. [Online] Available at: http://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofWales/Kings-Princes-of-Wales/

Johnson, B., 2013. Kings and Queens of England & Britain. [Online] Available at: http://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/KingsQueensofBritain/

Johnson, B., 2013. Kings and Queens of Mercia. [Online] Available at: http://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/Kings-Queens-of-Mercia/

Johnson, B., 2013. Kings and Queens of Wessex. [Online] Available at: http://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/Kings-Queens-of-Wessex/

Kent Online, 2017 . Dutch ship the Rooswijk to be excavated off the coast of Deal. 26 April , p. 1.

Mason, E., 2015. 8 things you (probably) didn’t know about King Arthur. [Online] Available at: http://www.historyextra.com/article/feature/8-facts-king-arthur

Merlin (AKA The Adventures of Merlin). 2008. [Film] Directed by Julian Jones. England: BBC.

Merlin. 2008 - 2012. [Film] Directed by Alice Troughton [DVD]. England: BBC.

modley, a., 2017. fun with face. 5 ed. canter: zoran .

Müller, M., 2011. Le Morte d'Arthur By Sir Thomas Malory. [Online] Available at: http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/mart/

Murphy, D., 2014. Fox News Pays Homage to... BioShock Infinite?. [Online] Available at: http://uk.pcmag.com/pc-games-products/33868/news/fox-news-pays-homage-to-bioshock-infinite[Accessed 22 Febuary 2017].

N/A, 2006. The Legend. [Online] Available at: http://www.heroofcamelot.com/legend/

N/A, 2015. THE COMING OF THE ANGLO-SAXONS. [Online] Available at: http://www.britainfirst.org/the-coming-of-the-anglo-saxons-2/

Ristow, D. B., 2009. Cannon Ammunition. [Online] Available at: http://www.roguescove.org/info/cannons/ammunition.shtml

Ross, D., 2014. Monarchs of England Timeline. [Online]

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Available at: http://www.britainexpress.com/History/monarchs.htm

senshin, 2015. Are Excalibur and Caliburn different swords?. [Online] Available at: https://mythology.stackexchange.com/questions/20/are-excalibur-and-caliburn-different-swords

Smith, c., 2017. Fun with Flags. 5 ed. canterbury: media.

The History of Humanity, 2014. Types of Pirate Ships. [Online] Available at: http://www.goldenageofpiracy.org/pirate-ships/types-of-pirate-ships.php

THE MUSEUM OF FICTIONAL LITERARY ARTIFACTS, 2017. CARNWENNAN, THE DAGGER OF KING ARTHUR. [Online] Available at: https://mfla.omeka.net/items/show/115

TOKYO International Communication Commitee, 2006. Japanese School System. [Online] Available at: https://www.tokyo-icc.jp/guide_eng/educ/01.html[Accessed 21 Febuary 2017].

TV Tropes, 2014. Creator / Masahiro Sakurai. [Online] Available at: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Creator/MasahiroSakurai[Accessed 21 Febuary 2017].

W., S., 1634. La Morte D'Arthure Volume 1. Edninburugh: Ballanthyne Hanson and co..

W., S., 1634. La Morte D'Arthure Volume 2. Edinburgh: Ballanthyne Hanson and Co..


Wikipedia, 2017. Kirby (Series). [Online] Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirby_(series)[Accessed 21 Febuary 2017].

Wild, M., 2003. Arthur's weapons etc.. [Online] Available at: http://www.geocities.ws/dagonet_uk/weaponry.htm

World Heritage Encyclopedia, N/A. LIST OF MYTHOLOGICAL OBJECTS. [Online] Available at: http://self.gutenberg.org/articles/eng/List_of_mythological_objects

Yin-Poole, W., 2010. Levine: Why I passed on BioShock 2. [Online] Available at: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2010-08-12-levine-why-i-passed-on-bioshock-2[Accessed 07 March 2017].

Maisdiziqui (16 July 2014) The Golden Age of Piracy Terror at Sea Documentary. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01xw-HO1vWE (Accessed: 26th March 2017).

Educational Documentary (9 October 2016) History Channel Documentary - Pirates Of the Caribbean. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iYD5hbbVYo (Accessed: 26th March 2017).

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Table 1 - Project Proposal

Project Action Plan and Timetable

This section provides you with an opportunity to outline your planning and organisation over a period of weeks and the activities you will need to carry out to complete your project in the agreed time frame. The more time and thought you give to planning your project the more successful it is likely to be. It is important that you consider how you will balance ambition, time and realism in the realisation of the project. You should also include what you are going to do, how you will do it and by when. Remember to include: time spent sourcing materials and other resources to conduct research, seek feedback from tutors and peers, and identify when you will carry out independent study.

At the back of the Learner’s Progress Tracker Book, is an academic calendar. Please refer for dates.There is also an Academic Calendar available on the VLE.Project Action Plan and Timetable

Week Date WeekBeginning

Activity / What you are intending to do - including independent study

Resources / What you will need to do it - including access to workshops

120th March

Gather primary research using the area around Canterbury town centre as a resource.

CameraPencil / Pen and paper

227th March

Using all of the tasks that I have done while on this course I will create a timeline representing all of the skills I have gathered over this time.

Access to my blog as well as my previous work that I have done.Wordpress (blog)

318th April

Preparing for the pitch by creating a presentation as well as filling out the related portfolio page.

Power point

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24th April

Pitch presentation and the start of deeper research in to our chosen subject.

Power Point presentation (started in week 3)Access to the internetHistory of king Arthur Volumes 1 - 3 (Book)

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Researching the changes in society between my two chosen eras as well as narrowing down the key events within the legend.

History of King Arthur Book Volumes 1 – 3 (Book)

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8th May

Collect further information for the idea, characters, items, locations and some concept art.

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15th MayLayout the basic story as well as other information that is important for the character bible.

Microsoft PowerPoint / Word

822nd May Gather a select group of information and

create 3 – 4 different character bibles to represent this information.

Information gathered in the previous weeks.Computer (Paint / Photoshop)

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Ask for the opinions of several of my peers as well as their views on what made the character bibles good as well as what they felt didn’t work well with the character bibles.

Notes taken on my peers opinions.

10 5th June Use the responses and input given about the practice character bible to design and create the final version of the character bible containing all of the information.

Computer (Paint / Photoshop)Notes taken on my peers opinions.Microsoft Word

11 12th June Ask the same group of peers their opinions on the new character bible. I will also use this week to evaluate my project.

Notes taken on my peers opinions.

12 19th June This week will be used to correct and edit any issues that I have with my project.

Extended Project Portfolio Word Document.

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Table 2 - Project Action Plan and Timetable

CHAPTER 1

Introduction

This project portfolio is about my year two, UAL Extended Diploma creative media Games development extended project. My project is the designing of a games character bible, containing most of the information that will be relevant for the games creation, it is also about seeing how the appearance of the character bible can affect the opinion of the person looking at the information. To do this I will create multiple visual different versions of a page within the character bible and then ask a group of people for their opinions on the multiple versions. I will then use the feedback from this to create a final version containing all of the information.The Background of my Project This section of my project portfolio I will be going over my inspirations as well as the reasons for why I have chosen the project that I have chosen. This will include going over my likes and what I have learnt over the past two years as well as how it has affected me and my choices for this project. This section also goes over my journey over these two years, which has focused on allowing me to decide what job role within the industry I want and the skills that I will need for that role.

Who am I? In this section of my project portfolio I will be going over my likes and hobbies and how they have affected me as a person as well as how they have affected my choice of project.

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The majority of my likes revolve around fiction or non-realistic things this is because I find reality and the world around me boring and uneventful. I enjoy history, mainly the tragic parts due to how exciting the events are presented.In the end I know next to nothing about history, this is not due to me not researching any history but more to do with the pure amount of history that there actually is. I also know very little about myths and legends as there are thousands of them throughout written history and among all of the civilizations that have existence.Overall I found this task fairly exciting due to it basically being us talking about what I enjoy as well as what I know about my likes.

What did I learn on my course?

Over the course of the past two years I have taken part and completed many tasks and while not all of them were relevant to my extended project some of the tasks helped greatly when I was deciding what I should do for my extended project. Below is a image of a time line I created featuring a sum up of the las two years as well as how I felt each task affected my choices towards my extended project.

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In the end creating the timeline was interesting as it allowed me to see how far I have come since the beginning of the course as well as how the course has affected my choices and interests since the start of the course.

What is my project about?

My project is about seeing how the appearance of the character bible can affect how the person views the information as well as whether it is a good or bad way of representing the information. I will also ask for the opinions of a group of people to see what they think is a good way of representing the information as well as what parts of the practice character bibles are good and more eye-catching in their opinions. I will be putting information for a

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game concept based around placing and converting the Arthurian Legend in to the golden age of piracy. My role within this project is that of a games architect/designer the person who designs and creates a document to help other people understand the idea behind the game as well as how they can put the game together. The idea of my project is to create a character bible for an alternate history version of the Arthurian legend, in which I am converting the legend so that it is set in the 16th century during the golden age of piracy, this is interesting due to a previous task where I was asked to create an environment for an alternate version of the world in which Napoleon had located the tesseract.Why my project is important?

My extended project is important as it will allow me to display the varying number of skills I have gathered in the field of world building as well as skills that are relevant to the creation of a games world, design, characters and the story. It also allows me to demonstrate my thorough thinking when developing my ideas by demonstrating all of the information I have gathered as research for the topic. My extended project is even more important as it will allow me to see how the visual appearance of a character bible will allow it stand out to a group of people and will allow me to use their feedback to further develop the character bible in a way that will better help visually represent the information within the character bible.The theme of my idea is that of an alternate history version of the Arthurian legend based within the 16th century, in which is considered the starting era for the golden age of piracy. The reason why I chose to create a character bible in this situation is due to my aspiration to become a games architect/designer where I could create my own game ideas. The reason I chose to create an alternate history of the Arthurian legend is due to my interest in mythology and the fact that the Arthurian legend is perhaps the most famous legend and as a result has many different representations for me to draw information or views of the legend.

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My Research Plan

Table 3- My Research Plan

EXTENDED PROJECT - RESEARCH PLAN No of Words

Interest/Topic/Theme 150I have looked a lot in to the legend of king Arthur, including the characters, locations, items and several versions of the start of the legend. I have also looked at some of the interpretations of the legend through the BBC’s TV series Merlin I used this Tv series to better get a grasp on the relationship between Arthur and Merlin. I have also looked at the three main interpretations of the legend and the differences between them while also reading through one of the versions of the legend in its book.

Why is it important? - Importance 100My project is important as it allows me to display the skills I have gathered in world building as well as skills that are relevant to the creation of a games world and the design of the world.It is also important as it allows me to see what better helps a character bible stand out to a group of people and will allow me to use this information in the future.

My research question(s) 100I am trying to find out if a certain layout used in a character bible better represents the information within the bible. I am also using this to see what sections of a character bible better stands out to a reader.

Research Design 100I am going to collect the research that I do in to a series of organised notes, these notes will be organised based on the information collected E.g. character information will be put together. This information will then be collected into a character bible and will have multiple versions that change in the visual representation of the information.This means I am going to have a collection of information around my subjects, pirates and King Arthur.

Literature (Proposed Sources – Harvard Format)

BibliographyAmir, 2012. Clarent or the exculiber. [Online] Available at: http://www.mythforum.com/threads/clarent-or-the-exculiber.1291/Anon., 2017. BBC News. [Online] Available at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/Anon., n.d. [Online].BBC, NoDate. Roman Britian. [Online]

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Available at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/timeline/romanbritain_timeline_noflash.shtmlBioshock Wiki, 2013. Ken Levine. [Online] Available at: http://bioshock.wikia.com/wiki/Ken_Levine [Accessed 06 March 2017].Bioshock Wiki, 2017. BioShock. [Online] Available at: http://bioshock.wikia.com/wiki/BioShock [Accessed 22 Febuary 2017].Bioshock Wiki, 2017. BioShock 2. [Online] Available at: http://bioshock.wikia.com/wiki/BioShock_2 [Accessed 22 Febuary 2017].Blind Kat, t. p., 2011. The Captian and Crew. [Online] Available at: http://pirates.hegewisch.net/capcrew.htmlCameron, N/A. Mordred & Clarent. [Online] Available at: https://cameronterry8.wordpress.com/2014/04/22/excalibur/Currin, N., 2001. Mordred. [Online] Available at: http://www.kingarthursknights.com/others/mordred.aspCurrin, N., 2001. Sir Ector. [Online] Available at: http://www.kingarthursknights.com/others/ector.aspCurrin, N., 2001. The Knights. [Online] Available at: http://www.kingarthursknights.com/knights/default.aspFantendo, 2014. Super Smash Bros. (Series). [Online] Available at: http://fantendo.wikia.com/wiki/Super_Smash_Bros._ (series)[Accessed 21 Febuary 2017].Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, 2015. Working Age Population: Aged 15-64: All Persons for Japan©. [Online] Available at: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/LFWA64TTJPM647S [Accessed 21 Febuary 2017].Grade Saver, N/A. Le Morte d'Arthur. [Online] Available at: http://www.gradesaver.com/le-morte-darthurHistory of Humanity, N/A. Golden Age of Piracy. [Online] Available at: http://www.goldenageofpiracy.org/IMDb, 2011. BioShock 2 (2010 Video Game) Awards. [Online] Available at: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1506437/awards?ref_=tt_awd[Accessed 07 March 2017].IMDb, 2012. BioShock (2007 Video Game) Awards. [Online] Available at: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1094581/awards [Accessed 07 March 2017].IMDb, 2014. BioShock Infinite (2013 Video Game) Awards. [Online] Available at: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1712064/awards?ref_=tt_awd[Accessed 07 March 2017].Joe, J., 2006. Enchanted Objects. [Online] Available at: https://www.timelessmyths.com/arthurian/objects.htmlJohnson, B., 2013. Kings and Princes of Wales. [Online] Available at: http://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofWales/Kings-Princes-of-Wales/Johnson, B., 2013. Kings and Queens of England & Britain. [Online] Available at: http://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/KingsQueensofBritain/Johnson, B., 2013. Kings and Queens of Mercia. [Online] Available at: http://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/Kings-Queens-of-Mercia/

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Johnson, B., 2013. Kings and Queens of Wessex. [Online] Available at: http://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/Kings-Queens-of-Wessex/Kent Online, 2017 . Dutch ship the Rooswijk to be excavated off the coast of Deal. 26 April , p. 1.Mason, E., 2015. 8 things you (probably) didn’t know about King Arthur. [Online] Available at: http://www.historyextra.com/article/feature/8-facts-king-arthurMerlin (AKA The Adventures of Merlin). 2008. [Film] Directed by Julian Jones. England: BBC.Merlin. 2008 - 2012. [Film] Directed by Alice Troughton [DVD]. England: BBC.modley, a., 2017. fun with face. 5 ed. canter: zoran .Müller, M., 2011. Le Morte d'Arthur By Sir Thomas Malory. [Online] Available at: http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/mart/Murphy, D., 2014. Fox News Pays Homage to... BioShock Infinite?. [Online] Available at: http://uk.pcmag.com/pc-games-products/33868/news/fox-news-pays-homage-to-bioshock-infinite[Accessed 22 Febuary 2017].N/A, 2006. The Legend. [Online] Available at: http://www.heroofcamelot.com/legend/N/A, 2015. THE COMING OF THE ANGLO-SAXONS. [Online] Available at: http://www.britainfirst.org/the-coming-of-the-anglo-saxons-2/Ristow, D. B., 2009. Cannon Ammunition. [Online] Available at: http://www.roguescove.org/info/cannons/ammunition.shtmlRoss, D., 2014. Monarchs of England Timeline. [Online] Available at: http://www.britainexpress.com/History/monarchs.htmsenshin, 2015. Are Excalibur and Caliburn different swords?. [Online] Available at: https://mythology.stackexchange.com/questions/20/are-excalibur-and-caliburn-different-swordsSmith, c., 2017. Fun with Flags. 5 ed. canterbury: media.The History of Humanity, 2014. Types of Pirate Ships. [Online] Available at: http://www.goldenageofpiracy.org/pirate-ships/types-of-pirate-ships.phpTHE MUSEUM OF FICTIONAL LITERARY ARTIFACTS, 2017. CARNWENNAN, THE DAGGER OF KING ARTHUR. [Online] Available at: https://mfla.omeka.net/items/show/115TOKYO International Communication Commitee, 2006. Japanese School System. [Online] Available at: https://www.tokyo-icc.jp/guide_eng/educ/01.html[Accessed 21 Febuary 2017].TV Tropes, 2014. Creator / Masahiro Sakurai. [Online] Available at: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Creator/MasahiroSakurai[Accessed 21 Febuary 2017].W., S., 1634. La Morte D'Arthure Volume 1. Edninburugh: Ballanthyne Hanson and co..W., S., 1634. La Morte D'Arthure Volume 2. Edinburgh: Ballanthyne Hanson and Co..W., S., 1634. La Morte D'Arthure Volume 3. Edinburgh: Ballanthyne Hanson and Co..Wikipedia, 2017. Kirby (Series). [Online] Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirby_(series)[Accessed 21 Febuary 2017].Wild, M., 2003. Arthur's weapons etc.. [Online] Available at: http://www.geocities.ws/dagonet_uk/weaponry.htm

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World Heritage Encyclopedia, N/A. LIST OF MYTHOLOGICAL OBJECTS. [Online] Available at: http://self.gutenberg.org/articles/eng/List_of_mythological_objectsYin-Poole, W., 2010. Levine: Why I passed on BioShock 2. [Online] Available at: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2010-08-12-levine-why-i-passed-on-bioshock-2[Accessed 07 March 2017].

Maisdiziqui (16 July 2014) The Golden Age of Piracy Terror at Sea Documentary. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01xw-HO1vWE (Accessed: 26th March 2017).

Educational Documentary (9 October 2016) History Channel Documentary - Pirates Of the Caribbean. Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iYD5hbbVYo (Accessed: 26th March 2017).

Jamie Arnold (4 August 2015) KING ARTHUR: LIFE AND LEGEND (INCREDIBLE HISTORY DOCUMENTARY). Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1A3UjT7cR4 (Accessed: 26th March 2017).

CHAPTER 2

Literature/Resources Review

Introduction This chapter contains all of the references that I have looked at for this project as well as how they have influenced my further research and development of my final idea for my extended project. This chapter starts with the references that were used to help the research for weeks five and six, it then

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will go in to my practitioner’s report where I looked at two people from the games industry that I felt had greatly affected me.

In the below section I am demonstrating the research I have gathered that is based around the social differences as well as the technological differences between the time periods that I am looking in to for my extended project. While researching these subjects I found the use of the below websites very useful and informative in my research in to these areas.Historic-ukBBC education sectionBritain Express Notes:King Arthur’s legend is set in the late 5th century. At this point in time England was not as united as it is today. King Arthur’s legend was originally written in welsh, thus it is logical to assume that it was set in wales at the time.In the legend Arthur is fighting off and invasion of the Saxons. After the romans left England the last of the romans left around 410. (BBC, NoDate)As the Saxons invaded Britain they founded mini countries within the country:MerciaWessexEast-AngliaNorthumbria(N/A, 2015)

MonarchyDuring the 5th Century (Arthurian Legend)At the time the Roman Empire had just left Britain and at that point we did not have monarch. The first recorded monarch that Britain had was Egbert the Saxon king.(Johnson, 2013) Due to the original legend originating from Wales in the process of defending against the invading Saxons it is also important to look in to any royalty that Wales may have had. The first recorded king for Wales is in the 9th century king known as Rhodri the Great (844 – 878).(Johnson, 2013)Wessex’s first monarch was Cirdic (520 – 540).(Johnson, 2013) Mercia’s first monarch was during the span of 515 – 535 and was known as Icel/Icil.(Johnson, 2013)The legend of King Arthur was based from the late 5th century to the early 6th century so the fact that Icil and Cirdic ruled in the early 6th century means that they can be referenced or mentioned within the legend.

During the 16th Century (Golden Age of Piracy)The monarchy of the 16th century is a lot simpler to look in to as we have access to more intact records of the time. The major issue is the setting of where I want to set my game. Though even this is a small issue due to the prominence of the British Empire and their control over the ocean. Due to King Arthur being the ages between 15 and 25 due to the short time frame in which he is known as a Prince, which means he pulled the sword from the anvil/stone before he was 18 which means he would be known as a King. Factoring this in the monarchy of the game would include the late rulings

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of the Tudor’s going through the Stuarts, Commonwealth and Stuarts (restored) before ending in the early reign of the House of Hanover ruling family’s (1558 – 1760).(Ross, 2014)

TechnologyDuring the 5th Century (Arthurian Legend)The technology during the 5th century was very limited as in the legend they only ever mention swords, spears, shields and other basic weaponry as well as horse reins. They do make a brief reference to a ship though there is not a thorough description of the ship so it is difficult to disclose what type of ship it is.

During the 16th Century (Golden Age of Piracy)The 16th century in comparison is a lot more technology advanced then the 6th, it has been known for the golden age of piracy as well as multiple types of ship and its guns and cannons. Most of the ships during this era were reliant on the wind to move across the ocean while the remaining ships used man power to row the boats. The first recorded use of cannons on a ship was in the early 1300’s and during the golden age of piracy it had two types of shot, the Chain shot, canister shot and the classical shot.(Ristow, 2009)

Clothing During the 5th Century (Arthurian Legend)While reading through the history of King Arthur I found out that unlike what has been brought out in the common ideas of the legend that Arthur did not wear the classical knight armour and in fact wore a golden helmet (Goswhit), a leather jerkin (top) and a cloak. The other knights seem to have worn something similar to Arthur and each seem to have never worn any of the classical armour types.(History of Humanity, N/A)

Over the course of the research in to the technological and social differences between the eras that I decided to look in to for my extended project I discovered many interesting facts and pieces of information that was relevant for my project. The most interesting section that I looked in to is the differences in the monarchy between the eras.

In the below section of my research I was looking in to the characters within the legend as well as locations and items within the legend that needed to be included in the alternate history version of the Arthurian legend.

Interesting pieces of information found.(Mason, 2015)(The History of Humanity, 2014)(Blind Kat, 2011)CharactersThe Knights of the Round Table consists of 12 Knights as well as King Arthur (number 13), at one point Mordred was also part of the round table before his betrayal.Other Characters:King Uther (Arthurs Father)Queen Igraine (Arthurs Mother)Gorlois Duke Of Cornwall (Igraine’s original husband)Merlin (Wizard that Helped Uther pair with Igraine)King / Prince Arthur PendragonQueen Guinevere

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The 12 Knights of the round Table:Sir Lancelot Du LacSir GawainSir GeraintSir GarethSir GaherisSir BedivereSir GalahadSir KaySir Bors de GanisSir LamorakSir TristanSir PercivaleLady Of the Lake NimueMorgan Le Fey (Igraine and Gorlois Daughter)Mordred Le Fey / Pendragon (Morgan Le Fey and Arthurs illegitimate child born around 14 years before Guinevere (Was part of the round Table)) Sir Accolon (Morgan Le Fey’s Lover before he died, with her help he stole Excalibur and it’s sheath)Sir Balin Le Savage, The knight with two swords. One of Arthur’s earlier knights before the Round Table.Locations within legendLocations within the legend:Castle of Tintagel in Cornwall (Where Duke Gorlois was killed and Arthur was conceived)Caer Gal, above the River Dee, west of Bala (where Arthur was raised by Sir Ector as his illegitimate child and as the ‘brother’ of Sir Ector’s son Sir Kay)An unspecified churchyard in Westminster, London. Sword in the stone location (sword stuck in an anvil on top of a stone).The Kingdom of Camelot (Coat of arms Red Dragon (Welsh symbol). Albion (Britain’s Name)Lake of the Lady of the Lake Nimue (Excalibur’s lake)Merlin’s cave prisonCamlann (Battle of Camlann king Arthurs final battle where he killed Mordred and was fatally wounded)Isle of Avalon (King Arthurs resting place)

ObjectsObjects of Note within the Arthurian Legend:Excalibur / Caliburn / Sword from the lake. (Original welsh name can translate the same way either Excalibur or Caliburn).Excalibur’s Sheath (no name given) – Stops it’s holder from bleeding. Considered by Merlin and the Lady of the Lake better than the actual sword.The sword in the Stone (Never Given a name)Clarent, the sword of knighting (possibly the sword in the stone) stolen by Mordred.Rhongomynyad / Ron, King Arthurs Spear (Used to kill Mordred).Carnwennan, King Arthur’s knife. (Said to hit its target no matter where they are hidden, as well as split the hit target in to and also shroud the user in shadows).King Arthur didn’t wear the classic knightly armour like his other knights, instead he wore :A leather JerkinThe Golden helmet, Gosuhit (belonged to his father) which has the symbol of a dragon upon it.The cloak / cape that all knights / royals wore at the time.

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Wynebgwrthucher / Pridwen, Arthurs shield was circular instead of the normal spade like shields, was said to bore the face of the Blessed Mary upon it.Prydwen was the name of Arthur’s ship.The Holy GrailThe Round Table – A wedding present upon his marriage to Guinevere, it was round to represent that all who sat around it were equals.Several of the Knights of the Round table had their own weapons and items though very few are mentioned:Sir Percivale

Shield of Joseph of ArimatheaThe Grail sword – was given to him in three pieces but it repaired itself, though the cracks remained. Was known as the Cracked Holy Sword)

Sir GawainShield of Judas Maccabee – Red Shield with a gold eagle on it.Galatine – Sword given to him by the lady of the lake.Stone of Giramphiel – Protected from Dragons breathGawain was considered the most loyal of Arthurs Knights as well as rumoured to be unbeatable while the sun is in the Sky.

Sir GalahadShield of Evalach – White Shield with a cross drawn on it in the blood of Josephus of Arimathea. Said to grant Heavenly Protection.The sword with the Red hilt. One of the two swords wielded by Sir Balin.

Sir Lancelot Du LacArondite (Main Sword) Secace (Wielded against the Saxons) Ring Of Dispel – Given by the Lady of the Lake, dispels all Enchantments.

Sir Tristan Courtain – A blunt tipped sword (symbolise mercy)Fail-Not – A bow said to never miss a target in Tristan’s Hands.

Sources(Müller, 2011)(Grade Saver, N/A)(N/A, 2006)(Currin, 2001)(Currin, 2001)(Currin, 2001)(senshin, 2015)(Amir, 2012)(Joe, 2006)(World Heritage Encyclopedia, N/A)(Wild, 2003)(THE MUSEUM OF FICTIONAL LITERARY ARTIFACTS, 2017)(Cameron, N/A)

In the end of this section of my research I have collected a lot of information concerning the characters and items that I needed to include in to my historic alteration of the legend and how they may be adapted for the time period, either in the objects shape or the situation of the people within the legend.

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Practitioners Report

In order to further my understanding of my specialist discipline I decided to research two people from my chosen specialist subject and analyse their lives, biographies and their work. I then also reflected on how these practitioners have influenced me and how I can apply this influence to my project.For this task I decided to look in to two of my favourite games developers, Masahiro Sakurai (Nintendo) and Ken Levine (Irrational Games). I chose these two people in particular due to my extreme like towards their games as well as the themes within some of these games.Masahiro SakuraiHe was born August 3rd 1970 in Tokyo Japan. His earliest experience within the gaming industry was when he worked for HAL Laboratory where he created Kirby at only 19 years old though Kirby was not used in a game until he was 21. Before this feat not much is known about his childhood or jobs before his at HAL Laboratory but due to his interest in the gaming industry we can guess that he played games during his childhood, due to the time frame we can assume he played a lot of the earlier games as well as arcade games. Some games he may have played include, Space Invaders (1978, Arcade), Speed Racers (1974, Arcade), Gun Fight (1975, Arcade) and Home Pong (1975, Home console (Magnavox Odyssey)). Due to him creating Kirby in 1989 while he was a part of HAL Laboratory this suggests that he was relatively high up within the company. In Japan, compulsory education starts at 6 years old and stops at around 15 years old. Taking in to account a minimum of a year at working at the company before they would consider his ideas Masahiro probably worked at HAL Laboratory's for a maximum of 4 years before the creation of Kirby. On August 5th 2003 Masahiro Sakurai resigned from HAL Laboratory, he later stated that this was because of the continuing sequelizing of the Kirby games.The first game Masahiro Sakurai was involved in the creation in was Kirby's Dream Land (1992) in this game he acted as the director and designer for the game. Masahiro Sakurai's next game was Kirby's Adventure (1993) in this game he had the same jobs as he had in his first game. The next two games that Masahiro Sakurai took part in creating he was only the director and this would continue for some other of his games these being, Kirby Super Star (1996), Super Smash Bros. (1999), Super Smash Bros. Melee (2001), Kirby: nightmare in dreamland (2002) and Kirby Air Ride (2003). While Masahiro Sakurai did take part in other projects after this he usually also took place under another job role as well. Some other games he was involved in are below:Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards (2000) Voice Actor - King DededeKirby & the Amazing Mirror (2004) Special AdviserMeteos (2005) DesignerKouchuu Ouja: MushiKing - Greatest Champion e no Michi (2005) DesignerSuper Smash Bros. Brawl (2008) Director, scenario writer, voice actor - King DededeKid Icarus: Uprising (2012) Director, scenario writerSuper Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U (2014) Director, voice actor - King DededeMasahiro Sakurai is most known for his involvement and creation of both the Kirby series and the Super Smash Bros. series which since their creation have become very popular games and each has several sequels due to their popularity.

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Figure 1 - Kirby Logo(Wikipedia, 2017)The Kirby series has become one of the most iconic Nintendo characters since his creation and with his popularity he has had multiple games with him as the main character, a total of 27 games which are based solely on him. He, as a character, was created in 1989 but was not given an actual game until 1992 and even then he nearly wasn't as he originally was a place holder character but the game developers grew attached to the character and kept him instead.The goal in each of the Kirby games is different though they all share some similarities in their basis, this it that it is the job of Kirby (player) to save the land that the character resides in from some form of threat. This threat seems to change from game to game though there are some reappearing foes such as King Dedede, the Dark Matter army and Zero/zero squared.

Figure 2 - Super Smash Bros. Logo(Fantendo, 2014)Masahiro Sakurai's other most recognized game franchise is the Super Smash Bros. series. This game series is Nintendo's beat em up, battle royal in which several characters belonging to Nintendo are put together to battle each other. Due to this many of the Super Smash Bros. games focus on the multiplayer section of the game, despite this the first three games do possess a single player mode where the player is tasked with fighting and defeating several other AI opponents until the player reaches the final boss.During each of the Super Smash Bros. games the player doesn't have a particular goal instead each game focuses more on the multiplayer sections in which the only goal is to be the last player on the stage that was chosen to fight on, in the single player mode the player is tasked with reaching the end of the game to face against and defeat the final boss in the game.Citations for Masahiro Sakurai.Websites(TV Tropes, 2014)(TOKYO International Communication Commitee, 2006)(Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, 2015)

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Ken LevineHe was born September 1st 1966 in New Jersey, New York, Ken Levine describes how he spent his child hood as a recluse as well as not being popular in school apparently this lead to him becoming a fan of Dungeons and Dragons and due to him not having many friends he learnt how to play the game by himself, after an uncertain amount of time he apparently found a group of friends that shared a similar taste in likes.. His earliest experience within the gaming industry was in 1995 (29) when he was hired as a games designer at Looking Glass Studios where he worked on Thief: The Dark Project along with designer Doug Church during his time at Looking Glass Studios Ken Levine also worked on several other games . In 1997 he left Looking Glass Studios and founded his own company with two of his co-workers, this company was called Irrational games. At Irrational games he as well as his co-workers worked on several games, these are listed below, though only the ones he worked on:Thief: The Dark Project (Looking Glass Studios), 1998System Shock 2 (Irrational Games), 1999Freedom Force (Irrational Games), 2002Freedom Force Vs the 3rd Reich (Irrational Games), 2005Tribes: Vengeance (Irrational Games), 2004SWAT 4 (Irrational Games), 2005Bioshock (Irrational Games), 2007Bioshock Infinite (Irrational Games), 2013

Figure 3 - BioShock Logo(Bioshock Wiki, 2017)Out of the games and series that Ken Levine has worked on Bioshock is probably the most recognized among the gaming community, the game is known for its interesting story as well as the philosophy within the game play. The goal of the game is a bit vague at the beginning of the game as it seems to drop you almost immediately in to the action with no other reason to fight other than survive, in the end the goal could be considered to be to escape the city of Rapture that the game take place in fighting and killing anyone/anything that gets in your way. The game-play of the Bioshock games is that of a slandered first person shooter with the unique twist that the user also possesses supernatural abilities granted to them by the science within the games city of rapture which is usable alongside the player’s weapons to allow for a more varied game-play style. The story of the first Bioshock game follows the character of Jack (player) in 1960, as his plane crash lands in the middle of the ocean with him being the only survivor and the only landmark visible is a lighthouse which leads to the underwater city of Rapture created by Andrew Ryan. The player is quickly called by a man called Atlas who decides to help the player survive in the city while also asking them to help him save/find his family, the game continues through the city until the player confronts the founder of Rapture. In 2007 the game was named by BAFTA as the best game on the Xbox 360 while in the following year (2008) it was given the following awards.Awards

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Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition2K Games (publisher)Outstanding Achievement in Art DirectionOutstanding Achievement in Sound DesignOutstanding Achievement in Story Development

Figure 4 - BioShock 2 Logo(Bioshock Wiki, 2017)Following the first games success the company decided that the game required a sequel that they decided to call Bioshock 2. Despite this the original team decided not to work on the second game Ken Levine was quoted as saying the following."The reason we didn't do Bioshock 2 is because... The time frame that game had, and the company understandably wanted another game in Rapture... But we felt we had said what we wanted to say about Rapture, about those kind of environments and that kind of feel."Despite not working on the sequel to his game Ken Levine did stat the following after the games release and it shows that despite not working on the game himself he was proud of how the team dis with the sequel."I think it's a very talented team," he said, "and I think it fulfilled the mission of completing the story of Rapture."Bioshock 2 is set eight years after the first game and follows a different set of characters then the first game with only one making a reappearance from the first game. In this game the player takes the role of Delta a prototype big daddy (an enemy from the first game) and the general goal of the game is for you to reunite with your little sister (creatures mutated from little girls and mentally bounded to the big daddies) after she is stolen from the player in the opening of the game. So far Bioshock 2 is the only Bioshock game in which Ken Levine was not a part of the creative team behind the game. Unlike the first game Bioshock 2 did not get given as many awards only managing to get one in 2011 as the best use of licensed music.

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Figure 5 - BioShock Infinite Logo(Murphy, 2014)The third Bioshock game was Bioshock Infinite and unlike Bioshock 2 Ken Levine did work on the team producing the game. This game is slightly different from the first two games in the series as it takes place in 1912 and in an alternate dimension to Bioshock and Bioshock 2 and instead of being set in the underwater city of Rapture is instead based on the floating city of Columbia. In the game the player will take command over yet another character called Booker DeWitt a disgraced detective. The goal of Bioshock Infinite is very clear at the beginning of the game as the player is told at the start:"Bring us the girl, and wipe away the debt"This alludes to the end goal of the game and over the course of the game your goal changes from this to killing Zachary Comstock the leader of the floating city as well as the ‘father' of the girl the player is sent to retrieve. A lot like the first game Bioshock Infinite was awarded awards, it won 23 and was nominated for 30 some of the ones it won were:AwardsBest of Show Irrational Games 2K Games Best Original Game Irrational Games 2K Games Best PC Game Irrational Games 2K Games Best Action/Adventure Game Irrational Games 2K Games Art Direction, Period Influence Scott SinclairGame Design, FranchiseSong Collection James BonneySupporting Performance in a Drama Courtnee Draper (For playing "Elizabeth")Use of Sound, Franchise Scott HaraldsenGame, Franchise ActionUse of Sound, Franchise Irrational GamesGame, Franchise Action Irrational GamesGame Design, Franchise Irrational GamesReferences for Ken LevineWebsites(Bioshock Wiki, 2013)(Yin-Poole, 2010)(IMDb, 2012)(IMDb, 2011)(IMDb, 2014)

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CONCLUSION - Who/what was my inspiration? /Contextualisation of my study Similar media products to my work could contain many different media products, this is because the focus of my project is the creation of the games concept and as a result I could look at any media product due to them all having a point in their development where they had their concept developed. Two games that have greatly influenced my project are both the Bioshock and Portal franchises; this is because of their plots as well as how they have developed their worlds in particular. Bioshock, with its interesting view and the way that the story had developed over the course of it being played and how the player sees this develop. Portal with its unique use of its world and story with each other to create the feeling and understanding of the world.

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CHAPTER 3

Research Design

Introduction

Research QuestionsThe main aim of my extended project is about finding out if how the information within a character bible is physically represented can effect the views of the person reading it. This basically means does how the information is shown effect the view of the person going through it, and if it does what about the different representations is effecting the view positively and what is effecting it negatively.

Research Design Evolution Observational Reasearch

Over the course of the research step of my project Iwill use various ways of looking at certain parts of the research and infromation.The tasks that I have come up with as primary research include:

Looking at some of the modern intepretations of the Arthurian legend.Looking at the original texts of the Arthurian legend.Looking at buildings and environmental groups that may assist in the project.Looking at an already completed games artbook to see how they have represented the layout and informations.Creating the first set of character bible layouts to get feedback on.

Looking at environmental data that may help in the project.In this task I plan to look at the buildings and environment within Canterbury and to use the information that we find to further help our research for our FMP. For this research task I decided to look at the architecture as well as the guided boat tours that happen on the river that flows through the town.

Image of top floor middle window of the Beaney House of art and Knowledge.

The picture above is of a window of the Beaney House, a museum/free library that focuses on looking at art, books, heritage and information. I took a picture of this window due to the resemblance it had to old ships back windows (usually held the captain’s quarters) an example can be seen below.

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As can be seen the window does not look exactly like the old ships ones but it look remarkably like one. The Beaney House was named after Dr James George Beaney a man who was born in Canterbury and studied medicine before moving to Australia to become successful. When he died in 1891 he left a large sum of money in his will to the city of Canterbury to build an institute for working men aimed towards people who were from a poor background like he himself was. The building was complete on September 11th 1899 and was built by the architect in the design called Tudor Revival (mock Tudor) style by A.H. Cambell.The next image I took was of a window from the clock tower at the top of the high street. I took this photo due to the similar appearance the window has to the type used on the windows on the back of the ship as above. So combined together these windows plus the shape of the window on the Beaney House.

The clock tower also known as St George's tower and is the only remaining structure that represents the church of St George the Martyr a church that, from all current evidence, was constructed during the eleventh century. The tower itself was added to the church either in the late fourteenth century or the early fifteenth century. The church went under an expansion sometime in the late 1870's due to another local church being damaged; St George's church was later badly damaged in the German

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bombings on the first of June 1942. The remains of the church were demolished while the tower was left as a landmark in 1955.The last few of the images that I took were images of the river in the town. The smaller of the two images of a section further down the high street on a section that is too small for boats while the other image is of the section that currently hosts boat tours on the river. I did this so that I could gain a better understanding on how boats move and affect the water that they are on as well as how the boat is affected by the increased weight of a person on it.

In the images above what I really like is the affect that the smaller images show, in the fact that the reeds and grass on the rivers bed flows with the flow of the river and as a result it is made obvious just by a still image which way the river is flowing. The river in the image is the Great Stour, though the two different images are of two different paths that the river had taken after being split.

Analysing at modern intepretations of the Arthurian legend + Looking at the original texts of the Arthurian LegendFor this task I decided to look at the 2008 BBC TV series Merlin in this section of my research I decided to focus on the relationship between Merlin and Arthur so that I could compare it to the original texts.

The TV show had 5 seasons in total and went from the meeting of Merlin and Arthur in season one, to the Death of King Arthur in season five. The story itself is different from most interpretations as it places Merlin in the place of Arthur’s manservant instead of his friend like in the original texts though in the show a friendship does develop.

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Looking at a already completed games art book for layout insperationFor this task I looked at a digital version of the concept art book for the game Bioshock to help me to come up with an idea about how I could represent the information for my character bible.

The image above is the first three padges of the artbook. The padges under the cover are all desighned to fit the look of the era and style of the games world in it’s final version.

Creating a Page for my character bible in multiple visual layouts.

This task was aimed around creating the layouts that I will use to get feedback based on their appearance, I will then use this feedback to create a hopefully better laid out character bible page. Below are some reference images I used to inspire the layout of the character bible layouts.

I used the above character biography’s to create the basic ideas for what layout that I wanted for my own character biography’s, these basic layouts are shown below.

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These layouts were then used to create the pages that I will use to gain feedback on the appearance and then use the feedback to create a final and hopefully better character bible page. Images of these pages can be seen below.

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CHAPTER 4

Research Findings

Looking at environmental data that may help in the project.

While working on this task I had taken many images of objects and sections of buildings that I felt would give me a better understanding of my chosen time period of study. The pictures that I took are below.

The two picture’s above are of a window of the Beaney House, a museum/free library that focuses on looking at art, books, heritage and information. I took a picture of this window due to the resemblance it had to old ships back windows (usually held the captain’s quarters).

Merlin Task – Analysing the Modern Interpretations

SEASON 1: in season one the relation between Merlin and Arthur is that of a Prince/Knight and a servant, Arthur often makes fun of or downplays Merlin’s importance. Though he is treated this way Merlin still helps Arthur in any way he is able, there are also several situations throughout the season that Merlin and Arthur act like friends instead of the classic servant/Prince relationship.SEASON 2: In season two the relationship between Arthur and Merlin has developed further to the point that it reminds me of two brothers poking fun at each other while still being on friendly terms.SEASON 5: The relationship between Arthur and Merlin has developed by quite a large amount since the first season as is shown in this final season, this is proven by how Arthur now seems to value

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Merlin’s input and advice as more than just that of a servant, he also seems to care for what happens to Merlin as can be seen in several episodes where Merlin is separated or harmed while near Arthur and how Arthur seems in his own way to worry about Merlin’s fate.

Overall when comparing the 2008 BBC TV series Merlin does a good job of representing the relationship between Arthur and Merlin, they manage to do this despite the changes they had made to the legend. These changes include Arthur’s father, Uther, being alive and having raised his son unlike in the legend where he died and Arthur was raised by an old friend of Uther’s. Another change is that of Merlin’s relationship with Uther, this is because in the legend Merlin is an adviser to Uther before Arthur’s birth and in the show Merlin does not have this position though this role may have been filled out with Merlin’s guardian Gais who is the physician as well as Uther’s old friend and adviser. So when compared to the legend the 2008 BBC TV series Merlin does a good job of representing the friendship between Arthur and Merlin.

Looking at a already completed games art book for layout insperation

What I found out while looking at the art book for Bioshock is that the pages within the book itself have been designed to look that they belong in both the environment and the time period that the game is based.

The page’s use a background paper type that seems to fit the location and time period that the game is set in, in this case the

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Creating a Page for my character bible in multiple visual layouts.

This task was all about creating the layouts for the example character bible pages so that I may place the information in the example pages. I will then use these example pages to gain feedback to see what a group of people prefer and what they feel doesn’t suit the bibles, this is so I can use this feedback to then create a final character bible page that hopefully is a better visual representation of the information. The character bibles and the feedback for each of them is below.

Adam –

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- The presentation of the page is good.- I need to make the more important information stand out more.- I need to increase the type face size.- Use a table or graph to show the information about the skills.- Make the alignment of the text the same throughout.- Create a sub header to separate the skills from the other information (skill tree).

James –- Make the Image and its border smaller, creates more space.- Make the character’s name stand out more decrease the spacing.- Change the type facing to something like Black script or black adder.

Darren –- The paper background is very good and applies to the time period.- Too many different types of font.- The different sized boxes is distracting.- Keep the related information together.

Dylan –- The layout of the stat boxes is nicely done- there are too many type faces- Bold effect is used too often- Size and positioning of the boxed information

Adam –- Too many gaps in the information- The pattern and information alignment is messy the sketch takes up too much space- Too many different type faces.

James –- Keep the relevant information together and in the same place- Border looks stretched- Keep information and image in a separate place- Try to fill in all the space.

Darren –

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- Feels more like it belongs in a game - information is laid out in such a way that it is easy to access important information- correct the placement of the boxed information as well as make the boxes the same

size- the border is stretched

Dylan –- Placement of the stat and skill box's is well done- The bold font doesn't stand out as much and looks better- too many different type faces - the border image is too stretched- Border is under the image

Adam –- The alignment of this page is better- Tighten up the picture's border

James –- The information is too close together - Could be improved is the image and the border was smaller

Darren –- The boxes of information are all the same size- It seems to be messy and chaotic- keep game information and character information separate

Dylan –- Image under the border and the size of the box's containing information is much

nicer.- Straighten up the image- Too many different type faces.

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Also after asking for their opinions on which of the character bibles orientation they felt was better in this situation. Out of the four of them three felt that it looked better in a landscape format and only one of them felt it looked better in a portrait layout.I will use all of this feedback to create a final character bible page that takes all of the feedback I received in to account and hopefully this will create a more appealing character bible.

Data analysis To analyse the data that I received from my research I used two methods, the first was to look at the information I had gathered and use the relevant information to create a PowerPoint containing ideas and other important pieces of information for my games idea. The second was used for the example character bibles, and that was to have a group of my peers to look at them and tell me what they felt about each one. Over the course of my research I have found out many interesting pieces of information as well as some theories about the Arthurian legend. One of the theories that I found was the idea of the relationship between the two swords Excalibur and Caliburn, the theory being that they are actually the same sword. Also I learned while creating my example character bibles was that many people preferred it to be landscape instead of portrait in its orientation.

Conclusion - How did the research help me with my project?

In conclusion the research tasks that I decided to do to help develop my project were very helpful and each task was in some way done in a way as to vary the sources of information. The tasks included researching using the internet and various websites to gather information about the subjects that my project focused on. I also looked at one of the original printings of the Arthurian legend and then compared it to a more modern interpretation of the legend. These tasks and the research that I have gained from it has greatly helped in the development of my project, the main way that it has helped is the development of individual characters skills such as Lancelot’s “Acknowledgement seeker” skill which is based on his own actions in the legend where he would hide his identity and compete in a tournament. The tasks in particular that I feel helped my project the most is the task where I was working on the story and basic ideas behind the game.

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CHAPTER 5

My Project

Introduction This chapter is about the stages that I took in the creation of my project, this includes the pre-production, production and the post-production. My project was all about seeing if the layout of a character bible can affect how the people viewing it and if there is an overarching trend that can help a character bible apply to anyone.Pre-Production My project is about producing a page of a character bible that takes in to account the views of a group of people. The specifics of the project are in my project pitch in the link below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQp4MDGCIWA&feature=youtu.be The project I plan on creating revolves around creating a character bible page layout that can help me create a more appealing layout to represent the information. I chose to fill this page with information about a game based around King Arthurs legend and recreating it in to the golden age of piracy because of both my interest in the era as well as my love of legends, the use of the Arthurian legend also would allow me to use the many modern interpretations that have been recreated over the years.

Production The act of creating my project followed a three step plan. First I was to gather information that I could use to fill the example pages, the second step was about creating example pages that I would use to get feedback from a group of my peers so that I could get an idea of what people preferred in an informative document. The third step was all about using the feedback received to create a final idea for the layout as well as notes on what was preferred about it over the example pages created in step two.

Post-production The final step in my project was to have the same group of people who reviewed the example character bible pages to review the final and renewed page. I would then receive feedback on the new page as well as anything that they feel could be further improved upon. In the end my project was all about finding out about what people preferred to see in an informative document as well as if they felt that it was a good way to review the information.

Presentation The reason that I chose to represent my project as an image and a paragraph of text is due to the goal of project, which wasn’t about the amount but the information gained about how people preferred their information to be presented and while I could have shown it in another format such as a video I felt a larger preference and more confident in my ability to represent the information learned in a written format over that of a spoken one.

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CHAPTER 6

MY EXTENDED PROJECT – FINAL PRODUCT

This image below is that of my final version of the character bible page layout:

As seen above when the final version is compared to the earlier example pages the final version is better in most aspects. This can be further supported by the feedback received where my peers only had a few issues with the final version. These included the point that it seemed that certain areas of the final version of the character bible page are crowded with information. Or how one of my peers felt that the information would have been better represented in a portrait orientation then the landscape orientation, I had used this orientation due to the preference that was shown to it by the majority of my peers.Over the course of the final pages creation I learned several points that were important to the representation of the information. These include the spacing of the information in which there had to be a mixture of plenty of space so that it doesn’t feel too full but it also can’t have too much space or it seems to sparse of information. It also seems that there is a preference to the placement of the related information, this can be shown in the image above in the clear separation between the background information and the actual game information.In the end all of the little tips and tricks for the layout and placement of the information within a design document will help me largely in the future when I am creating a design document.

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CHAPTER 7

Project Evaluation

Critically evaluating your final media project against the agreed requirements and parameters. Answer following questions:

Introduce the project in your words List five strengths and five weaknesses in your final design Was there a theme for the design ideas? Can you describe it? Can you reference any

influences here? - Art movements, designers, media companies/campaigns, etc. What experiments and exploration did you do (what happens if). How did it affect your

development? Find a similar type of design publication - place it next to your own - what

comparisons/difference can you identify? What were the key areas of development in this project? - use your daily reflections to

help you with this Review your proposal - what changed, what developments did you make, did you manage

to complete everything you set out to achieve? What did the client think of your concept? How did that make you feel? What could you do to adapt the work produced to improve and develop it? Is the final work appropriate for the needs of the project? Does it sufficiently answer your

brief? Reflect on your pitch to the board; how did you feel about it before? Did it go better or

worse than you expected? What was the feedback from the client/lecturer? What do you think you could improve next time?

Did it go better or worse than you expected? What was the feedback from your lecturer? What do you think you could improve next time?

APPENDICES

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Extended project in creative media production Learning Outcomes and Assessment

1. Be able to initiate and develop a creative media production project proposal.

1.1. Use critical and contextual perspectives to initiate a creative media production project proposal.

1.2. Use analysis and evaluation to clarify and develop ideas for a creative media production project proposal.

2. Be able to use research, analysis and evaluation to develop solutions for creative media production project.

2.1. Use research to support the development of a creative media production project.

2.2. Use analytical and evaluative skills to develop creative solutions to realise a media production project.

3. Be able to solve practical, theoretical and technical problems in a creative media production project.

3.1. Solve practical and technical problems within a creative media production project. 3.2. Solve theoretical problems within a creative media production project.

4. Be able to plan, organise and produce a creative media production project.

4.1. Demonstrate the ability to plan, organise and produce a creative media production project within an agreed timeframe.

5. Be able to use practical methods and skills in a creative media production project.

5.1. Demonstrate the exploration, adaptation and application of practical methods and skills in the realisation of a creative media production project.

6. Be able to use evaluative and reflective skills in the production of a creative media product.

6.1. Maintain evaluative and reflective records of the development and production of a creative media project.

6.2. Use evaluative and reflective skills to make decisions for a creative media production project.

7. Be able to present a creative media production project. 7.1. Explore strategies to present a creative media production project.

7.2. Present a creative media production project to a specified audience.

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