1. Salford City College
Eccles Sixth Form Centre
BTEC Extended Diploma in GAMES DESIGN
Unit 73: Sound For Computer Games
Game Title AdamCrittenden - Portal 2 SoundAnalysis - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0n_FGMDElZU
Provide detailed descriptions from chosen examples of
sounds that establish…
Clearly state what production
technique(s) you think have been
used to create specific
soundtrack elements
Setting The settingsoundsasif itis some sortof hospital asthere are electrichums,and
whatsoundslike apersonspeakingthroughamicrophone.Also,there istalkof tests
and a buzzer,whichcouldsymbolise the persondoingthe tests.Itcouldbe
somewhere thatishelpingtokeeppeoplehealthyandhappy.The moodgetsvery
adventurouswiththe musicthatstartsplayingandthe narrative,alsosome of the
soundthat are playingoverthe music,soundssuchascrumblingof concrete or
metal breaking.Some veryelectrical musicstartsplayingwhileone of the characters
soundsveryanxiousandconcerned.Theytalkabouta dockingstationsotheycould
be outerspace somewhere.Everyfewsecondsthere isabigcrash.
I thinkthat the electrical humscould’vebeen
made by some kindof MIDI software,also,sounds
of crumblingbuilding,crashingmetal andthings
that youmighthear inan abandonedfactory,
could’ve beenmade byafoleyartistina studio,
or evenina factory.
Mood At the beginningitisaveryclinical moodas itis like theyare ina hospital.Lateron,
the narrative init makesitseemlike ahospital of some sortsthat hasgone wrong as
someone talksaboutthe characterhavingbraindamage.Afterthis,there are a lot
of alarmsgoingoff whichmightgive the ideathatthingshave gone verybaddue to
somethingunknown.Also,whenthe musicpicksupandthe othercharacter starts
to getnervous,the moodchangesto somewhatof a scaredvibe,ormaybe a
capturedtheme,asif the playercharacter has beencapturedortheyare beingheld
somewhere againsttheirwill.
Some of the moodsoundscould have beenmade
viafoley artist,orpossiblyfieldrecordings.Also,
by MIDI instruments. Bothsoftware andhardware
may have benusedtocreate thissound.
Game genre At the beginningitsoundslikeitwill be some friendlyadventure games,asthe voice
that istalkingsounds fairly friendly,thenitgetsintoitwithelectrical made sounds,
lotsof crashingsounds,maybe some sortof factoryfallingdownandyouhave to
escape itto survive.
The game genre soundswere probablymade by
MIDI insturments,bothsoftware andhardware.
Also,some couldhave beenmade bya foley
artist,such as the buildingcrumbling.
Narrative There issome narrative at the beginningthatisa guytalkingthroughwhatcouldbe
a telecomunit,also,he isaskingyouto dotask. Later onthere issome other
The narrative will probablyhave beenmade by
someone inarecordingstudio,butsoundslike it

2. Salford City College
Eccles Sixth Form Centre
BTEC Extended Diploma in GAMES DESIGN
Unit 73: Sound For Computer Games
character that soundsas if he ishelpingyouout.He also soundsverynervousashe
talksabouttestingchambers.
may have beeneditedinsome kindof computer
software.