Salford City College Eccles Sixth Form Centre

BTEC Extended Diploma in GAMES DESIGN Unit 73: Sound For Computer Games Ben Comley-Excell

Game Title Sunset Overdrive https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7IDXH67fSw

Provide detailed descriptions from chosen examples of sounds that establish…

Clearly state what production technique(s) you think have been used to create specific soundtrack elements

Setting

You can hear a noise of a train at the beginning of the clip which gives the impression of a city setting. Later on there is loud music and a bustle of people which sounds like a concert. Again this gives a sense of a city setting.

The sound of the train and the bustle of people may have been field recorded or could have also used foley artistry for a live effect.

Mood

There is loud, up-beat and up=-tempo music which gets gradually louder. There is lots of rushing and running around and the character sounds panicked and scared.

This could have been recorded in a studio with people playing musical instruments such as guitars and drums as it sounded like a rock band.

Game genre

There is shooting and police sirens in the background. There is also quite a lot of roaring which sounds like a monster. These sounds make the genre sound action/adventure.

The shooting sound could have been field recorded or foley artistry. The roaring sound could have been field recorded using real animals or could have been digitally enhanced using foley artistry.

Narrative

There is a conversation between two male characters. The first male is sending the other one somewhere. The second male seems reluctant to go and sounds scared. There is another narrative part in the clip which is another conversation between two males however this time the mood seems calm and they are talking normally about building a machine.

The voices will have been recorded in a studio using voice actors and a script.