Game Design PowerPoint

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"Superpowers"

Smoke - Mortal Kombat

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4) Number 4 Below Me - Andrew Sewell

The Hero/Villan combination posted here is very different in many ways. First, the contrast and affinity between the two is very noticeable. One is good, one is bad, plain and simple.............. Just kidding, thats not all. The movement of the Villan is very slow, like he is a towering giant wanting revenge on this laboratory that presumably made him that way? Maybe thats why he's evil, cause he's ugly. Good work lab guys. The hero on the other hand is a high flying, sunny day kind of hero, the kind that makes you feel good about yourself. I wish i could fly on sunny days. But his heroism and good feeling are supported when he blocks the lighting from the dark, evil clouds that block his sunlight. No bad guy would do that.

The main way you can tell the difference between the two is through the use of color. For the villan, he is a darkish green, with bits of what appear to be flesh showing, including his overly large brain. Dark green is a color of envy and anger, underlying his evilness. He could be also be envious of the hero's position in society, giving his reason behing is evil personality. Also, almost all super evil villans have large brains (though they never seem to work, since they always lose to the hero).

The hero's color's, blue and yellow, are complimentary colors, going very well with each other. They are also bright, hinting at the superhero's heroic nature. The cape flowing in the wind, along with the sun shinning and the way he is posing also give credence to his heroic personality.

5) Number 5 Below Me - Adava Gerace

 The Hero villain combo posed here has  contrast and affinity between the combination. the Hero is very tall and masculine, with big muscles. The ghost is dark, and has supernatural powers.

The color differences are drastic too. The red and blue attire of the hero give him a manly tone, that accents his muscles and huge axe. They are also bright colors symbolizing his heroism. The black and red of the villain symbolize his evilness, along with his ghost like appearance. It give a dark tone, and compliments his supernatural powers.

6)Number 6 Below Me - Angela Salerno

The Hero/Villain combo posted here is very different in many ways. First off, the contrast and affinity between the two is very drastic. The Hero, or Heroine as i should say, is very agile and nimble, with her ballerina costume accenting those traits, or powers. The villain is slow and strong, with his red and black costume giving affinity to his dark tendencies.

The main differences between them lie within the color the heroine and villain choose to portray in their costume. Her pink dress she wears gives her an underlining feminine feel, as pink is usually associated with feminism. It also is a very bright color, leading you to believe that she is in fact a good guy and not evil. The overall theme behind a ballerina are the gracefulness of the way they move, and the pink costume leads you and helps tie together her powers of jumping really high and flying, along with her ability to backflip and do crazy things like that. And although ballerina's aren't usually strong, the fact that this one is a super hero helps make the fact that she can knock out a giant fish more believable.

The villain's colors also help assert his evil intentions. When he's first introduced he doesn't look that evil because red could be a good or evil color. but once he has a vision of burning the world and his face turns angry, the cape helps add to the evil nature of the character. Red is a symbol of power, and this is shown with his powers that he possesses. The ball of energy he makes is slow yet strong, as it is able to create a huge mushroom cloud visible from space.

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Our Video from Joke 9

The Video I will be comparing.

The two videos from my group and my fellow classmates group, while contain scripts based on two different jokes, have some similarities between the way they use lines and space, but have some differences in contrast and affinity. I’ll call my clip, Clip 1 and the other, Clip 2.

The way lines are used in the two clips are both similar and different. In Clip 2, while the man is sitting at his desk at the office, his tie contrasts with his shirt, leading you up to his face, and helping show your eye the emotion and annoyance his face gives off. In Clip 1, the lines of the train help keep your eye centered on it while the character is playing with it.

The way space was used was similar in both clips also. In Clip 2, the way the camera framed him in his office showed how crammed it was, further giving you the sense how that could be adding to his anxiety and annoyance. In Clip 1, the way the shot frames the kid in his room shows why he is bored and is anxious to get out and play with his train again.

Also, the way that the characters are shown and their actions show some contrast and affinity with what we would assume them to be in real life. The man in Clip 2 shows an affinity with the average business worker because of his stress and how much he hates his office job. The child shows a contrast because an average child wouldn’t use that kind of language, at least a child who plays with a toy train.

The clips are similar in the sense of lines to lead the eye and the use of space to convey and help support certain emotions, while the characters show some contrast and affinity with what we would expect them to be in real life. Overall, both were well done in terms of writing, acting and the way they were filmed.

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My ramble. Enjoy

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My God of War 3 ramble

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My voice over on a scene from the movie "Kick-Ass" Directed by Matthew Vaughn

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 original picture, credit Ben Goossens

Reframed picture

Reframing a picture can change it drastically, turning what the viewer perceives entirely. In this photo by Ben Goossens, it shows a lonely man standing next to his car that has odd human characteristics. By framing it like he did, it gives you a good view of how lonely the man is and how much the car looks like this man. So what i did was frame it so the emphasis comes off of the car, and in turn, is on the man. By doing this i changed three things about the photo: the visual intensity, the space, and the rule of thirds.

Overall, this photo is not visually intense. it has dark, grey colors, and its tone is also dark. In the original, this is emphasized by the overbearingness of the car compared to the man, because this is unusual. It shows that the man has no power, that he is dismal. the face on the car is also dismal, showing no emotion whatsoever. So when i decided to reframe this photo, i brought it in closer on the man. By showing him standing alone, with the car partially on the side, it changes the visual intensity a lot. Instead of thinking about how big the car is compared to the man, or that the car has human characteristics, your focused instead on the loneliness of the man. The car attracts your attention, but it gives a sense of escape, like the man might use it to get away, rather than an overly large, odd looking vehicle. So by reframing, i changed the visual intensity from odd and confusing, to sad and lonely.

The space of the image is also change with the reframing. in the original, the car takes up a big portion of the image, leaving the man looking small compared to the car and the forrest in the background. After the reframing, the man is taking up the majority of the space, though still not overly large. The car is big still, but take up a lot less space, de-emphasizing it and bringing your attention more to the man.

By reframing it i also changed the rule of thirds. Instead of the car taking up a lot of the lines on the right side, the man now falls along the middle left line when comparing it to the rule of thirds. This way your eye travels to the man first, and then to the car, rather than the other way around, as it was originally.

Also, by reframing this image the subtext changed as well as the contrast and affinity.  The subtext with the original photo was rested alot upon the car, as it showed human characteristics similar to the man standing next to it, and its size compared to the man was also a source of hidden subtext. By reframing it to focus on the man, the subtext with the car is gone, and its now rested upon the lighting and by what the man is dressed in. Also the contrast and affinity between the images can be seen, just because the car is cropped out in one, and not in the other.