1. Salford City College
Eccles Sixth Form Centre
BTEC Extended Diploma in GAMES DESIGN
Unit 73: Sound For Computer Games
Game Title Infamous– Secondson
Provide detailed descriptions from chosen examples that establish… Clearly state what production technique(s) you think have
been used to create specific soundtrack elements
Setting The settingseemstobe outside and,youcan hearbackgroundnoise of birdsand
outside noise whenyoustopfocusingonthe dialogsandlistentothe othernoise.
You can alsohear seagullsinthe distance whichsuggeststhattheyare close tothe
sea.
The technique usedforthisis fieldrecordingorit
ispossible thatthe soundengineers used
software toobtainthese soundsandmix them
create thisambience soundof nature.
Mood Whenlookingatthe mood itseemstobe a verytense situationwherethiswomanis
interrogatingthis manwhowasclose to a “bioterrorist”for a while demandinghim
to say anythingthatthe bioterroristmighthave saidto him.Theyusedaggressive
musicto supportthe moodcombinedwithlittle sounds.The tone of the woman
changestowardsthe endshowingmore hostility.
Theyhave usedfieldrecording,dialogs,folly
artistryand musicas techniquestogive more life
to the situation.
Game genre The game genre seemstobe actionlookingatthe aggressive stance inthe clip
shown.The soundeffects andthe musicusedsupportit.
For these soundstheyuse follyartistryandthe
musicusedsoundstobe like itismade using
software ora midi instrument.
Narrative In the narrative of the two maincharacters speakingone characterseemstobe sort
of interrogatingthe othertogetmore information.There issomuchaggression
shownbythe wayshe speaksandshe also seemstobe attackingthe other
Theyhave use studiorecordingtechniquetoget
the audiofor thisparticulararea.

2. Salford City College
Eccles Sixth Form Centre
BTEC Extended Diploma in GAMES DESIGN
Unit 73: Sound For Computer Games
character while askinghimquestions.There isalotof change of tone bythe
characters butmostlythe tone seemstobe more onthe aggressive side.
(0:17:10) – (0:21:15) -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJ6QnzYC4Bo - Infamous –Secondson