PRODUCTS AND AUDIENCES - CONTENT ANALYSIS

OK, so far you've told me about various products, the companies who make them, who the target audience for them is, relevant trade bodies and what GENRE they're in. 

Today I want you to analyse the game and film you've looked at by analysing  an actual scene from both. 

The way you're going to do this is as follows. 

1. Find a scene on youtube from the film you've written about. If you're blogging the work see if you can embed the clip into your work using the 'movie' symbol on your edit-page. If you're using Word just paste in the link. 


Watch the clip a couple of times- even if you've seen it before.

Then tell me the following: 
Story - What happens in the scene? Where in the plot does the scene occur? What has just happened and what's about to happen after the scene?
Setting - what's the setting/surroundings? What kind of environment either internal or external is the scene occuring in?
Camerawork - what kind of shots are in the scene and from what angles? Does the camera move or is it static? is it one long shot or several quick cut-together shots?
Sound - is it just dialogue, is there music, is the sound natural or artificial (made with special fx)?

Effects- is there any CGI or special effects involved in the scene? 

2. Find a scene of GAMEPLAY from the game you've written about -  I would rather you analysed a SCENE rather than the TRAILER or a CUT-AWAY scene.  Watch the clip a couple of times- even if you've seen it before.

Then tell me about the 

Narrative- from what level/part of the game is the footage?
POV- from what point of view is the footage - first person/third person, what a character sees or what the player sees? On the level of the action or from above/the side?
Dimension- is the gameplay 3-d or 2-d?
Background/level design - what does the background consist of? is it realistic or deliberately artificial?  What information does it give you (is there a lifebar or score?)
Sound - is it just sound fx or is there music as well? Do you have the option to alter the sound? What kind of music if there is music? Is there dialogue/talking? What information do you get from the dialogue?