Thursday, 2 May 2013

GTA V New Trailer

The new trailer has been released for GTA V and they are looking at each individual character the characters are Michael, Trevor and Franklin. They all interlink in the story with each other as we have seen from previous trailers but we see what lifestyles they have in this trailer as they focus on each character individually on each video. They show what obstacles each character faces in their life and what their story is going to be based around within the new game. However they use quick cuts within the trailer showing more of the exciting features of each character but by doing this they can't give much away. Michael is a character who is rich but is unhappy with his lifestyle as he says to the psychiatrist in the trailer. He also has a son and a wife. His son looks like a handful and he does what he likes to his wife for example he grabs her and throws her off the couch in the trailer. Franklin is part of the gang group and is based with other gang members. He is into robbing cars and shootouts and runaways from the police. He however looks like he is tired of doing the same thing in the trailer and once he is told that he is becoming a "snitch". Finally we have Trevor who looks like an insecure tramp who causes trouble and violence wherever he goes for the fun of it. By doing this this shows the audience that he is insecure and is a bit mad in the head. He doesn't look like he has any family he just has the other two main characters as friends in the story.

Thursday, 7 March 2013

Mr Howard's AS Media Studies Blog: Reclaiming Lara Croft

Mr Howard's AS Media Studies Blog: Reclaiming Lara Croft: The heir to Discworld, Rhianna Pratchett, tells why she's rebooting Tomb Raider http://metro.co.uk/2013/03/04/rhianna-pratchett-on-rec...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reflective_practice

This is the link to the Wikipedia page on reflective practice. Wikipedia is what it is so for greater understanding I would delve deeper but it will give you a general idea. Most nursing students like the Gibbs model as it easy to use and fits well with most situations. Using a model/tool allows clearer thinking and clearer expression of those thoughts and feelings. I hope this helps. It may help you develop your own model...(Ollie's mum)

Lara Croft

Rhianna Pratchett talks about how she grew up doing things in a baoys world and she wanted to do things that her dad did. She played Tomb Raider when she was younger and she enjoyed it alot. However she thought that Lar Croft was over sexualised within the game saying that the game wasnt for girls. So what she did when she got hold of the charcter was create a whole new Lara Croft and fill in the background of the character. She also developed the relationships between Lara and the other charcaters in the game and established her characteristics. The emotional side of Lara was introduced and she looks alot more realistic.
Developers: Crystal Dynamics
 Publishers: Square Enix
Designer: Darrell Gallagher
Writer: Rhianna Prachett
 Director: Noah Hughes
Platforms: Playstation 3, Xbox 360
Release Date: 5th March 2013
Genre: Action- Adventure
Modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Media Distribution: Optical Disc, Download