Set Brief 6
Notes:
- outline the brief ie what are you doing (40 words)
- outline what theoretical ideas or concepts you are looking to investigate as part of your coursework production (write 150 words)
- write down technical words associated with web design and YouTube video production eg menu, drop downs, link buttons, home pages and header, footer and side bar etc etc (use 12 key words – put them in bold and write about 100 words)
- Make reference to the technologies (20 words)
- Make it clear what the style, look, feel etc of your productions are eg it is going to be modern and funky or it will be dark and gloomy etc etc
Product 1:
https://anoobsguidetorust.com/
Product 2:
Statement of Intent:
I will be making a gaming website based around Rust the video game
My website will give a reactionary (as opposed to radical) representation of a gaming web site. In other words, I will produce a site for my audience of experienced or starting-up gamers with a website that follows generic media codes used within the industry and I want to follow these dominant codes in my product. In that sense I am following the ideas put forward by Steve Neale who writes about audience expectations – that audience want ‘familiarity’ (ie the same thing) but with some ‘difference’ or slight changes.
As such, I am going to have a horizonal menu on the website to navigate through all pages. Below the header I am going to credit myself and all social media links will be in the footer. I am going to make sure I have a clear house style across all pages with some being slightly different.
To construct the site I am going to be using Notepad as my text editor and to make the visuals for the website, I will be using OBS on my PC for all footage and recordings of the game and using Premiere Pro to edit the footage together. The footage will include animations at the start of every video to make it consistent and I will use cuts throughout the video as well as speed up parts to keep the audience engaged with the video. I have also made sure to make the videos short and helpful so the audience doesn’t click off.
My style model is (https://www.rustafied.com/). Therefore, my website will be dark but modern. My style model has all the important information such as the title, logo, and menu at the top I will follow this idea. My style model also only uses one type of font, I will follow this but use a different font type. The website also has images below every body text, but I will adapt this and put the images below the heading so that the audience has a clear idea of what they are going to read. The website also has multiple links going to other websites within the body text, I will do this too. The websites colour pallet consists of white, gray and black, I will follow this too but use the colours white, dark gray and light gray. It will follow conventional audience expectations of a gaming blog site.
In terms of theory, my website will follow Katz and Gurevitch & Hass’s theory where they talk about uses and gratification, the first idea will be that the audience is seeking information and facts about the video game Rust. The next idea will reinforce the audiences own values and beliefs, the website will have facts about the game which may reinforce their own beliefs and idea’s of the game. The third website is about personal relationships where the media will create a relationship with the audience this is done through the images I will be using on my website of the game. Finally, diversion, my website will provide a sense of escapism as its based on fiction, however you can relate the game to real life scenarios and that is what I will do with my website.
For my second product I will be making a 3 minute gaming video on my selected video game, Rust, I will be doing a challenge video of whereby I have people from across North and South America compete in a tournament where the goal is to win by killing the other players in the tournament, the tournament will be done in rounds whereby everyone will fight everyone once until the last 2 with the highest wins will fight each other for the final match where the prize is Rust Skins which has a real life value to them in money. I will be interviewing all of the contestants with 3 people competing for the prizes. I will then use a range of shots to capture what is happening in the video game.
To construct the challenge video I will be using OBS (Open Broadcasting Software) to record what is happening on my screen and then using Premiere Pro for cutting up and manging audio levels for the video and then After Effects to apply that VFX needed. I will be publishing it on YouTube for anyone to see it. In my video I will be using an opening shot of scenery in the game to show the audience that the game I am playing is the same game I used in the title of my video. I am then going to interview them one by one in-game, with transitioning to the next question by using a light leak transition. I am going to be playing music in the background of all of this to kill the silence and engage the viewer into the video with certain genres fitting certain scenes of the video. For example I will be using an upbeat rhythm song for the part of where the contestants fight each other, as the game is intense due to the cash prize, so I am going to pick music to match the mood. In the video I am going to use a birds eye view whereby I am looking down on the contestants to get a full view of what’s happening. Throughout the video I will use a black and white filter to show what is either coming up, or what has happened, I will follow it up with dialogue or a voice over to back it up.
My style model for the video will be Konfuzion and the video I will be using is
In terms of theory for my video the video covers globalisation as it features people from North and South America, the target audience who will be watching my video will be global as well as it is on YouTube where anyone from anywhere can watch the video.