VLE area for Media Studies

New improved VLE area for Year 12 Media Studies.

In the "Exam Prep" area I have put all of the previous TV drama extracts along with sample answers and the examiner's report for each year.

There will also be guidance and tutorials to help you with your magazine constructions.

Any suggestions as to anything else that could go on there, let me know.



Click Rick or go to tinyurl.com/deyesmedia12

AS Media Studies G322 (TV Drama) Resit: Monday 13th May AM

Section A: TV Drama (Probably won't be medical drama + age...)

Section B: The video game industry

L3 will be open everyday after school for drop in revision or catchup - except for Mondays after school as FilmClub is based in there, but I will be still be about so you can ask anything or we can go somewhere to discuss any issues you may have.

Critical Consensus: Ridiculous Fishing - A Tale of Redemption

Critical Consensus: Ridiculous Fishing - A Tale of Redemption

Vlambeer's mobile title is highest scoring game of 2013 so far

On paper, the fishing game seems like a pretty ridiculous concept all round. It's a fairly sedentary hobby, epitomised by calm mornings on a chilly river bank, in which the ultimate achievement is to drag a slimy, smelly creature out of its natural habitat before photographing it and either putting it back or stuffing it for the wall of your house.

Ever increasing game costs could cripple the industry.

Video Game Costs Could Crash the Industry

Essential reading for G322 resitters - very interesting stats regarding the state of the industry - the fact that Tomb Raider can be critically acclaimed, sell 3.5 million copies and yet the publishers make a Loss for the year: something is rotten in the state of Denmark. Something needs to change or the industry is heading for a meltdown.

Read the Mashable article after the cut

Ridiculous Fishing, Byrdr and Vlambeer's creative approach to indie marketing

Ridiculous Fishing, Byrdr and Vlambeer's creative approach to indie marketing

"We literally had no clue what we were doing."

For many independent developers raising awareness and generating buzz around a game is a tricky proposition, especially in the increasingly crowded mobile marketplace.

Slender: The Eight Pages - Links for May exam!

Slender: The Eight Pages

• Slender: The Eight Pages (Wikipedia page)
• Slendergame.com - fan site
• Slender Man Mythos - Great fan site for fanart, fanfic, videos and parody
• The Slender Man wiki
• Slender: The Eight Pages: Short, Crude, And One Of The Scariest Games Of The Year
• Slender - The official site: You can download the game from here for free!! I DARE YOU
• The Slender Man movie - Kickstarter
• Slender Rising - attempt at an iOS app game
• Slender: Eight Pages to get sequel (Slender: The Arrival)

Tomb Raider links for May exam!

 

 

• What Tomb Raider Can teach you about content strategy 
• Lara's climb back to fame 
• Rhianna Pratchett on writing Lara Croft's history for Tomb Raider 
• In pictures: The evolution of Lara Croft 
• Crystal Dynamics talk Tomb Raider 
• Pratchett: Nobody talks about how well Nathan Drake represents men 
• Tomb Raider: Official Trailer frin E3 2011 (new TR game revealed)
•  Tomb Raider trailer - "There's a survivor in all of this" LOVE THIS
• All Your History: Tomb Raider Part 1: Hard Core Design
• All Your History: The History of Tomb Raider Part 2: A Survivor is Born
• http://www.tombraider.com/gb/base/brandsitepreorder?refer=211Tomb Raider 2013 official site&
• Tomb Raider (2013) Wikipedia page
• GAME grows PC download plan with Tomb Raider promotion
• Quantic Dream "categorically refused" to put gun-touting Ellen Page on cover - not about TombRaider but an interesting story on audience and institutional opinions
• Tomb Raider marks the return of Supermarket Price Wars
• Tesco breaks Tomb Raider street date!
• Tomb Raider "paving the way for new game heroines"
• Women are the future of gaming
• Multi-million marketing campaign to ensure Top Five status for Tomb Raider
• Tomb Raider and the rape controversy

The story behind the smash hit Ridiculous Fishing

The story behind the smash hit Ridiculous Fishing

Has your best idea just been ripped off? Here’s how a small game studio bounced back from a clone attack to make one of the year’s hit mobile games.

Few think of the app stores as hostile, but mobile developers struggle every day to survive in an increasingly crowded market. They cast their lines in murky waters, cross their fingers, and hope players will bite.

Game developer Vlambeer was unlucky. It found a shark in those waters. Now, it has bounced back from a near-fatal cloning incident to claim one of the most popular games on iOS. “For a while, we just lost all faith in creativity as a way to earn a living,” Rami Ismail, one of the two members of the Dutch studio, told us.

Vlambeer’s extreme-sports game, Ridiculous Fishing, launched last month to massive acclaim and sales success. It’s based on the studio’s first-ever title, the Flash game Radical Fishing, which a rival ripped off at an unfortunate time. In July 2011, Gamenauts released a clone called Ninja Fishing just as Vlambeer was preparing to announce its remake.

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-reclaiming-lara-croft-and-having-discworld-creator-terry-as-a-dad-3522630/

Guerrilla marketing in Liverpool - Metal Gear

Just seen outside Fact