PRESENTATION ASSIGNMENT - Unit:2 
LO3 - TASK - Pitch a media production proposal [3d Concepts & Principles] using appropriate technology
PART 1 - Present your U:66 LO1 work to your peer group 
- 10 mins allocated per person
[special agreed arrangements have been made for some students to present to a smaller group ]
PART 2 - Observe & give feedback
Watch each persons presentation 
Contribute in the discussion after each presentation.
Complete a short questionnaire for feedback
Give each person a grade of PASS - MERIT - DISTINCTION

Here are your questions:-
Who's PRESENTATION are YOU commenting on?
CONTENT 
Was it factual, informative and did they include their own opinion?
Did they make reference to technical application such as software used?
WORDS 
Were there too many on screen? 
Did they use prompts with a separate document with notes?
Was the text too small or too big? 
Did they use complex or simple language - could you relate to what they talked about?ž
IMAGES 
Were they colourful, eye catching?
Were still images of a good size?
Did they include videos or animated gifs [embed YouTube] did they work?
TRANSITION 
Did they choose a good slide design?
Did they include timings or transitions [fade-in-out]?
Was the presentation too fast?
Was the presentation too busy?
SOUND 
Did they include any sounds? 
Yes or NO to background music – why not?
OVERALL
Was the presenter calm?
Did they include humour?
Did they speak clearly - and at the right pace?
Did they have good eye contact?
Did you enjoy the presentation?
What things could be better next time?

Here is the grading checklist:-
PASS - create and communicate your research to an audience using appropriate technology demonstrating a good understanding of the topics to engage your audience.
MERIT - manage, present & communicate your research to an audience using appropriate technology  demonstrating detailed understanding, using some imagination with clear examples for topics to help inform your audience.
DISTINCTION - manage, present & communicate your research to an audience using appropriate technology demonstrating creative flair with a real impact - to a professional standard - all spelling correct - everything works - engaging & interesting.

Induction with new Games Dev Yr1

First week completed, got through lots of "must do" stuff, but finished off with some fun.

The old classic team building task using balloons to build a chair, with cello tape, rubber bands and some cardboard. Worked a treat, with the final quest being that it had to hold a team members weight, with their feet off the floor too. Slight twist this year....lightest member first, then the ultimate challenge.....the heaviest team member. Photos below!

Industry Visit - Double Negative

Lewis Guarniere is a 3D Modeller working for Double Negative in London. DNeg are a BAFTA award winning Visual Effects company who have worked on many prestigious projects such as Harry Potter, Iron Man 2, The Wolfman and Inception (to name a few). Lewis has also worked for MPC working on advertisements such as Evian ad with the roller-skating babies. All workshops/ participation will be used towards evidence for Units for both Yr Groups.
Most importantly Lewis provided us with 'key information' for 'working in the Games Industry' and how to get into it - what it is to be a 'concept/production artist' - working in a 'production team' what you can earn/time-scales for projects & budgets - what University is like - how to make a successful SHOW-REEL/digital portfolio.
The day ended with Lewis demonstrating scene by scene how elements of the Harry Potter films were constructed, showing this layer by layer.
We have had very positive feedback from both students and staff, and we are really hopeful that we are fortunate enough for Lewis to make this a regular feature of our courses.
Comments from students:-
"The visit from Lewis on Monday was amazingly beneficial to me, it gave me a
good look into the work I am doing and how it relates to the real industry I
was able to see behind the scenes of many different projects and see how
they are made. It also opened my eyes to how hard it may be to get into the
industry which only inspired me to work harder." Steven Games Yr2
"Our lecture with Lewis Guarniere I found very useful. For him to come from a
big Media company from London and visit a small college like ours was a
pleasure as he gave such insight into what the industry is really like, more
than the lectures at Bradford Animation Festival.Some of the useful information he gave us was, how to successfully get into a big company, what working in the industry was really like and what to do and what not to do. As a speaker I found he was very easy to listen to, probably because what he was saying I found interesting but if anyone else were to get the opportunity to speak to Lewis I would highly recommend it." Marcus Games Yr2
"From this event with lewis i have been given a very big insite into the industry like the amount of money i will be making in the first 3 or 4 years (not very much) but it has a very interesting to hear about it from someone that worked his way up from the bottom. He also talked about how he got into the industry which was very interesting because he started as a 'runner' and he explained what a 'runner' does (going from one company to any partner one with information and test renders) then moved up to render supervisor and then to a 'low level modeler' then seven years later he got to 'mid level modeling'. He also talked about the different stages of modeling and all the other more boring stuff that need to be done in order for the end product to be good. He also broke down the different levels of production on films like 'Harry Potter' showing how they went from the 'raw footage' to adding all the CG and and camera effects." Luke Games Yr2
LINKS for developing evidence:-
http://www.doublenegative.co.uk/news/inception_wins_special_visual_effects_bafta_298.html http://www.moving-picture.com/
http://www.escapestudios.com/ - A company who train people to use Maya/3DSmx. You can work online or go to the studio to work in a class environment.
GAMES Yr2 - Complete the TASKS for this INDUSTRY VISIT - ppt on 'i' drive [Company Review + Lewis - the 3 Adverts - CH4 Dubai, Evian Babies, Fox's Biscuits - costs, teams, timing]

Lunch Time GAMES CLUB Thurs@12:15 - 1:00ish in SF01

***STUDENT NOTICE*** New Enrichment Activity
In SF01 - Thurs - 12:15 till 1:00ish - numbers limited
Please come along and support this new venture which is being 'organised and managed' by current 2nd Yr Games Students as part of the V-INVOLVED project with myself & Andy SLO, who will be present in a supervisory role only - this is very much OWNED by Games students but offered to ALL students in College to provide somewhere safe, warm, friendly & fun for those 'looming winter lunchtimes'...... come along & join in with Wii, Xbox, PS3 & LAN games.

Welcome Back to ALL + ***NEW MUSIC STUDIO ***

Firstly.....welcome back to all our 2nd year students and a "General HELLLOOO" to all the newcomers :D
As you now all have BLOGS and are 'following' me, + others, I thought this would be a good opportunity to highlight our *** NEW *** Music Studio. This now opens up fantastic opportunities for ALL our students on the MEDIA & GAMES Courses, from Level 1 up to Level 3, initially, then we hope to offer more "Cross College" opportunities across all sectors with an 'on-line radio'...just one idea that we can now explore.
As the Studio is still being finalised this is something we will work towards for offering next year. For the time being everyone is very keen to get everything 'up-n-running' and being really 'hands-on' with all the new kit, specialist recording booth and of course start recording all our buddin' musicians, rappers, singers [and talented staff] too.
Don't forget....Tuesday 12:15 till 1:00ish is the MUSIC CLUB - there has been a lot of interest for this, even more so with the Games Club - Thurs @ 4:30.... so where possible we will be offering additional 'Club Times' hopefully on a lunchtime, but this is dependant on rooms & staffing, so please bear with us till half term to finalise what we can offer.
All we ask is that you respect what we offer and look after all the equipment - a lot of time, energy & thought went into putting this together and we hope to be offering this for some time yet - Enjoy, explore and maybe one day we can be famous hey? :D

Games_Stuff_ MAY'10

Visit to Huddersfield University - photo of Final Year Students working in the Design/Games Studio.
Those of you that went to visit on Tues 25th May will need to add a Post to YOUR BLOGS and comment on as much as you can remember so you can share this information with the rest of the Group so they are aware of the 'Opportunties' that have been offered to them as well!
What was the purpose of the day? Progression Links
What was offered by Lorraine in ref. to UCAS applications?
What did you see?
What was the level of work like?
What equipment did they have supplied & by which companies?
What was the 'Special Event' that was going on downstairs & who were the 'industry guests' ?
Do we have anyone special coming to our 'End of Year Show' in June?
Any other comments or feelings about the day......will you consider Hudds. as 1 of your University choices??
Link to Games Degree Course - http://www2.hud.ac.uk/courses/undergrad/00000827.php

Btec FIRST MEDIA Mind Map Task U:1 LO2/3

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