Student NoticesCan I please remind and urge you to check student notices please? It’s vital that you take note and notice of stuff affecting you!

Your Teachers Are Changing!• Working to a Brief will be taken by:

• Rosie Francis• Chris Hallam• Jon Laud

• Concept Art will be taken by:• Kelly Vero• Gin Rai

• Computer Games Engines will be taken by:• Kelly Vero• Gin Rai

• Seminars will be taken by:• Jonny Stenton

NOTE: Your timetable has NOT changed!

Tenki wa dou desu ka.

[Ten-kee wah doh des-ka]

Japanese Word of the Week (16)

Ii tenki desu.

Aims:Students will explore character devices in writing and storytelling

Objectives:All students will be able to identify 3 character devices in separate genreMost students will be able to identify 3 character devices and describe 1 form in detailSome students will be able to identify 3 character devices and describe 2 forms in detail

Aims & Objectives

Computer Game Story Development

10 May 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 Story So Far…

• You tell me….• Has it sunk in?• Have you started writing?

Jean GreyThe Beautiful Subject

Film 1

Who Is Jean Grey?

• Age?

• Status?

• Backstory

• Going forwards

Jean Grey Speaks

• Authoritative?

• Approachable?

• In control?

But how does she sound?

Activity Write one line of dialogue for the following:

A Soldier An Alien (who speaks English!)

A Lawyer

Characters Tell Stories

In a moment you’ll be set a story writing task for your blog. Before all of that – let’s create a timeline of Jean’s life:

In pairs, please use your powers of research to create a brief timeline from 1963 to 2009– Include key facts like Phoenix/Phoenix Force– Marriage to Scott– Significant stories or storylines relating to Jean

Film 2

Storytelling Devices… A Slight Return

Stories come in all shapes and sizes – we’ve seen and read a couple already. • To get from point A to point Z there are a few

devices you could use. – The Hook– The Shit/Deep Shit Point– The Reveal

Tip: Your characters can do this for you!

The Hook

Some stories hook you in straightaway: RPGs are great at this….

–Mysterious deaths– Strange visitors–Weird symbolism

What is the purpose of a hook?

Shit Points

Some stories put their protagonists and antagonists under the gun. Some story liners and writers refer to this as the shit or deep shit point !

– Your father is a very dark lord– The character gets so far and his/her target is shot dead– Your character accidentally (on purpose) learns about

the rouse he/she has been lured into

Can you associate with any of that in gaming or films/TV?

The Reveal

As with the last slide, sometimes thing are there to test, but often they can be there to draw up all of the loose ends. That’s called a denouement – we’ll talk about that in more detail later…

– Bad guy revealed– Missing gold/treasure found in unlikely place– Protagonist has a reason for living once more (barf!)

Does it feel familiar?

Jean Grey Walks Into A BarBy the ocean there is a bar… They called it Hannah’s Roadhouse once… I don’t know what they call it anymore. I just knew that she’d come and bring that thing with her. That thing that to me, was so precious, so deeply moving that just looking at it would blind me. But I had to have it and I knew that I couldn’t have it if she didn’t show up today…There she was, red hair with a slight orange fleck in the Ocean’s sunrise. She wasn’t old, in fact, she was new, as if reborn, she didn’t see me as she opened the door to the bar. I let her walk, I had no plans. She bought 2 drinks and sat at the bar……..

Activity

Jean Grey Walks Into A Bar

Now what?

Please blog for next week’s lesson….. Failure to do so equals concern notes…

Overview – What Have We Learned?

Have we met our outcomes?

• We’ve covered loads of ground and so far have a good foundation to build on.

• Using 1 character in depth, you can often get a story told relatively quickly.

• Storytelling has been around for much longer than any of us really know (or could speak)

• Devices are there to keep your audience interested… USE THEM!

Next Week

The mighty Gambit and the power of location!