Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Buttons
Wellll, I don't like buttons. Amy is the woman in charge of buttons. I watched Amy do buttons, and it confused to me to no end, so I continued to draw our mouse while she did the technicality. We divide up the responsibilities according to our strengths, mine being drawing, hers being mechanical. I think we should get jerseys, cause me make a good team :)
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Cantebury Tales
In the Cantebury Tales, Chaucer describes each character vividly and so easily relateable. In everyday life, we are all categorized as something, much like how Chaucer described his characters.
The first character described is the knight. The knight is of course apart of the hierarchy in the time period this was written in; probably a very good justification in why he was first mentioned. Honorable, generous, and humble are a few adjectives I would use to describe the character mentioned above. It seems like he fits in accordingly to what you would envision as a knight. Characters continue to go in justification order as his son, the squire, is next described. The Squire is the charming, young, handsome guy who only acts against evil when desperately needed. Following the trend; his right hand man, the Yeoman, does his "dirty work" for him. The hierarchy level continues down as the rank in society changes. I do believe that these character descriptions stand true to those in which we have learned about in the past. I also feel as if it stands true to how people are judged and categorized in modern day societies.
When deciding game characters, Amy and I are going to have to pay close attention to how each character is portrayed. We simply can't have our freshman dressed as a senior would, it just wouldn't fit his/her known description. As the game continues on, the characters attire will continue to develop. Not only in our game, but overall, game avatars must blend in with their surroundings. A bright, cheery superhero would not belong in a dark lair; the both simply don't coincide. All things in a video game or a book must make sense and blend in order to achieve the full effect. All the above are things to keep in mind when planning and executing our game.
From here on out, especially after reading the Cantebury Tales, our thought process will be a bit deeper in how we create our characters. Reading what Chaucer wrote has enlightened me on how important it is to connect a characters' description, mood, and surrounding in with their objectives. This has been an eye-opener to our team to how important details are.
The first character described is the knight. The knight is of course apart of the hierarchy in the time period this was written in; probably a very good justification in why he was first mentioned. Honorable, generous, and humble are a few adjectives I would use to describe the character mentioned above. It seems like he fits in accordingly to what you would envision as a knight. Characters continue to go in justification order as his son, the squire, is next described. The Squire is the charming, young, handsome guy who only acts against evil when desperately needed. Following the trend; his right hand man, the Yeoman, does his "dirty work" for him. The hierarchy level continues down as the rank in society changes. I do believe that these character descriptions stand true to those in which we have learned about in the past. I also feel as if it stands true to how people are judged and categorized in modern day societies.
When deciding game characters, Amy and I are going to have to pay close attention to how each character is portrayed. We simply can't have our freshman dressed as a senior would, it just wouldn't fit his/her known description. As the game continues on, the characters attire will continue to develop. Not only in our game, but overall, game avatars must blend in with their surroundings. A bright, cheery superhero would not belong in a dark lair; the both simply don't coincide. All things in a video game or a book must make sense and blend in order to achieve the full effect. All the above are things to keep in mind when planning and executing our game.
From here on out, especially after reading the Cantebury Tales, our thought process will be a bit deeper in how we create our characters. Reading what Chaucer wrote has enlightened me on how important it is to connect a characters' description, mood, and surrounding in with their objectives. This has been an eye-opener to our team to how important details are.
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
MTV Day 2
After I left my 4th block yesterday, I mosied my way to tennis as usual. Halfway through tennis I get a call from my enthusiastic producer, Dara. Needless to say, in the next 5 minutes my crew was down at tennis practice to do some filming. Now I can say I've played tennis on national television ;) Anywho, they filmed some footage there and then then the funniest thing ever occured. We managed to fit my camera-man in my little VW Beetle. My sound-guy was too tall to fit in the back! I wish I could have taken a picture of the huge camera sitting in my dash, and me "talking to myself" and having to pretend that I didn't notice him or the camera 8 inches from my face beside me haha. When we finally arrived at my house, I was filmed parallel parking; not my best feat. haha From there we went into my little apartment with my mom and filmed my homecoming crowns, sash, and pictures. As well as my hunting equipment. Mom was fixing an amazing dinner, spaghetti, so they also filmed her stirring her concoction while I filled out a scholarship (booo on scholarships). Oh! and of course my mom's 5000 clocks went off as they were there haha now all we needed was a cat and mom would look like a crazy lady :) My new bestfriends then left at 6. I was lonely today as they didn't follow me around from class to class, but we'll be reunited as they film some of our student council meeting today. Tomorrow is the big day, I'm so excited/nervous to see what the day has in store.
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
MTV Expierence
So, yesterday I was told I was chosen to be followed around until Thursday by MTV camera crews. The reason? Riverside High was chosen along with 9 other schools in the United States to participate in Challange Day; which is a day in which students share their stories and challenges they've faced to become the person they are today. After a phone interview and a personal interview, I suppose I was interesting enough to film for a week. It all started with being hooked up to sound and positioned in the perfect light for the camera. I was asked many questions, where I told about my life, school, and how I portrayed myself. From there, we hung a piece of my artwork in the hallway and got my screen shot of me smiling. Then the fun began, a camera crew of 4 people followed me through my daily routine as I walked to lunch and ate with my usual friends. They caught every move I made and every word I said. My filming for today is over, but tomorrow it begins again as they are coming to my student council meeting, tennis practice, and then my house. What I ride this has been thus far. I'm so privledged to have had this expierence in high school. Never in my dreams, would I have ever imagined MTV would be coming to my school, let alone follow me for their show. Out of all this, I hope a positive expierence will occur. So far, it is BY FAR one of the coolest/most nerve wracking things I've ever done. I can't wait to view the outcome.
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