1. Events Week

2. Japanese Word of the Week (16) Goutou! [Goo-too] Ugokuna!

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

4. Computer Game Story Development 26 April 2010 Unit 72 Computer Game Story Development

5. 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.

6. The First 20 Minutes, The First 2 Hours

8. What is established?

9. What conflicts occur?

10. Where does the story take you?

12. Remember This? Scene setting Action & Consequence Denouement Catalysts Establishment

13. Film 2

14. Remember This? Trial & error Action & Consequence Objective Judgement Choice

15. 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?

17. 3 Part Minis

18. Half-journeys

20. Don’t try to re-invent the wheel. Invent something better.

22. What is established?

23. What conflicts occur?

24. Where does the story take you?

27. Scene setting

28. Style of plot

29. Plots used by genreHave we met our outcomes?

31. The early dynamic of the story