Tuesday, 9 October 2012

Practice in Context Notes (25/9/2012)



  • Definition of Practice: What we do in our course / job. E.g. what an artist or designer does.
  • First year is spent practicing every area of the industry so as to get better at more than one area and so as to open up your mind to new areas and ideas.
  • What contexts we will look at – Historical, Social, Cultural, Geographical and Political.
  • Answer the following question for next week – ‘What is your context?’
  • In answer to the question, does it mean both as a games designer/student and a human being? Or maybe I am meant to talk about it as if I am analysing my own persona or what is expected of me by people?
  • I will also need to bring in a screenshot of a video game for next week. The image must include at least one figure and some sort of background.
  • Alternatively, I may wish to bring in a game advert (static) or poster.
  • Screenshot ideas?
o   Mario jumping up for a power up.
o   Video game character standing in a generic pose so as to complain about the over usage of this style of cover art.
o   An inventory system that doesn’t make any sense e.g. Resident Evil 5’s when you had to pick between a rifle and an egg to store in one part of your case.
o   Kanji from Persona 4 as he has multiple personalities or perhaps all the characters. :)
o   Or Snake from Metal Gear Solid as his ability to hide from trained guards in cardboard boxes and move in them whilst doing so pushes reality. 
  • What contexts do I have? –
o   British – White and live in Exeter.
o   Employee – Work at Tkmaxx where I am expected to be kind but am also restricted to what I can say in case it upsets a customer for whatever reason.
o   Uncle – I have a niece.
o   Brother – Three older brothers and one older sister.
o   Son – Want to make my parents proud of me.
o   No political views / interests.
o   Student – Attend Plymouth College of Art (Foundation Degree)in which I have to both inquisitive and considerate towards others. On this course I study Games Design and am thus also a gamer.
o   Friend – Kind and open to them.
o   Taekwondo – Loud and able to maintain concentration.
o   Drama - Imaginative, team player, reliable and role player.

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