Making a Game?

So now it was our turn to come up with a game...when your first told to do something you think 'yeah i can do, this course i can' but when your sat with a blank piece of paper infront of you for half an hour just staring at it you know your not getting any further!.. I suppose it doesnt just take someone a day to come up with a new game they probably go through a process like fashion designers do, such as sketching a few ideas making a toile etc!

After looking on the interent at all different games, it seemed like every idea that had spring to mind had been done already! - Back to square one! My group then decided to go for familiarity with a twist, PACMAN! We would make Pacman but a version of pacman that is actually physical and not interactive, for example we would have a room set out like a maze and their would be lights on the floor. The pacman would then run across the lights and they would go off, the lights would have to all be off before the chaser gets hold of you!

Young at Heart...

Playing with games is not just one of my favourite past time... I love playing games in generel! This is why I was quite excited to see that in this lesson we were going to be playing games!! Although the session did accompany a lecture on 'Childs Play' which told us how sometimes we play and dont even realise it, everyone goes through some sort of play in their daily lifestyle whether it be games, activities, or role playing.

 Playing a role in society can be classed as a form of play, such as a firefighter or a teacher for example. In comparrison to what is childs play, such as hopscotch or dressing up!..Play is the kind of thing which is competitive.. Their is alot of competition in job roles, as their is alot of competition as a child to be the best at a game. Also in play people love repetition, they like to feel familiar with something and the best way to get familiar with one thing is to repeat it. This is what we would look at when it came to making our own game!

Light's, Camera... ACTION!!

Monday 21st November: This was the day we began fimling for our 'People on the move'... Meeting up at 12.30 we decided what scenes were to be filmed first, we choose the ones which were to be filmed outside! One: because we were already outside and Two: because it was FREEEEZING! so the quicker we got it over and done with the better! .. Looking at our storyboard we filmed the outside scenes, as it was our first time filming we were a tad bit rusty with the camera it took us a little while to get it up and running - once we did though we were well on our way. Filming outside was a bit of a challenge this was becuase you would get some people just walking right in front of the shot and also the weather didnt look to good to we wanted to get it all done before the rain started!
I must say I enjoyed the day we had filming, but I liked being the one infront of the camera rather than the one on handling it! - Carrying it from place to place and setting it up wasnt really attracting me!