Events Week

Goutou!

[Goo-too]

Japanese Word of the Week (16)

Ugoku na!

Aims:Students will explore genre, symbolism and storytelling in games, movies and comics – this will introduce plot devicesObjectives:All students will be able to identify 3 key plot devices in separate genreMost students will be able to identify 3 key plot devices and describe 1 form in detailSome students will be able to identify 3 key plot devices and describe 2 forms in detail

Aims & Objectives

Computer Game Story Development

26 April 2010

Unit 72 Computer Game Story Development

Computer Game Story Development

1 Understand storytelling for games

2 Be able to produce a story for a game

3 Be able to produce game dialogue

4 Be able to reflect upon own narrative work.

The First 20 Minutes, The First 2 HoursX-Men Elfen Lied Oblivion

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The First 20 Minutes, The First 2 Hours• What happens?• What is established?• What conflicts occur?• Where does the story take you?• How do you feel after 20 minutes (you won’t know until the end)

Film 1

Remember This?

Scene setting

Action &

ConsequenceDenouement

CatalystsEstablishment

Film 2

Remember This?

Objective

Action & Consequence

Choice

Trial & error

Judgement

Activity

Can you brief me on the relationships formed in the first 20 minutes of X-Men and Elfen Lied?

What effect does this have on the audience?

The Story Within The Story

• Story arcs• 3 Part Minis• Half-journeys• Speed stories

Maths & Storytelling

• Follow the rules as you learn them.• Don’t try to re-invent the wheel. Invent something better.• Look for patterns and formulae in storytelling

• What happens?• What is established?• What conflicts occur?• Where does the story take you?• How do you feel after 20 minutes (you won’t know until the end)

The First 20 Minutes, The First 2 Hours

Film 3

Overview – What Have We Learned?

• Story dynamics• Scene setting• Style of plot• Plots used by genre

Have we met our outcomes?

HomeworkIn no more than 200 words, blog the scene setting of a real-life event that has happened to you. Detail:

• The main protagonist of the story (it could be you)• The early dynamic of the story• A taster or teaser of what will happen next

Next Week

More X-Men! Story development, antagonism and the beginning of the middle.