Criteria 4

To show you are able to develop responses to media products.

Narrative


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ddd418Sj-A

I have chosen to do Aliens colonial marines.


It is a section of the intro.
It is explaining that a lot of colonial marines have died but they don't know what killed them. It is all saying the colonial marines have to go to a ship which is sending a SOS and see what happen.
Colonial marines are the main agents in the section I know this because they are the characters you play as in the game.
It is similar to the Alien films because it takes place after the events in Aliens the second film in the franchise.
The game has flashbacks of the ship sending the SOS signal and flash forwards of the colonial marines getting attacked by the aliens. It all so has present time where the general is telling the other marines about what their missions are.
It is broken up because some bits are in the past, present and future and there is a single narrative.
There is a voice over of a general speaking but you do see him in the trailer.
Yes there are clear hero's and villains in the intro because the intro is portraying the marines as the hero's and it shows the aliens as the villains.
It is a bit of both overt and covert because it explains who the enemies are and what the players mission is going to be but there is a bit of the trailer which is a bit of a mystery because they bring back a survivor but they don't know who he is.

Semiotics
The signifier of the rose is it has a strong smell and pretty. It means romantic and love. The connotation is a rose has been used in wars and in films. Lancashire cricket club use a rose.

The signifier of Bioshock is it can be related to films like Bodyguard, Safe and Children of men. The two hands reaching out means that the two are getting drawn away from each other. It also looks dark and spooky which signify horror, tension and dramatic game with dark themes in it.




The signifier of Lego Indiana Jones is its related to Lego and the Indiana Jones franchise. It show adventure and action. It can also be related to Lara Croft Tomb Raider,  National treasure, Pirates of Caribbean and the video game Uncharted because they are all to do with treasure hunting.

























The signifier of the peace sign is it means peace and its a hand gesture. Winston Churchill is famous for using it during the World Wars. In most countries it means peace. Peace has been used by the hippies in the 60s because they were against war. In some countries peace means different things which are insults like the finger, the longbowman salute, the forks and the two-finger salute.










The signifier for Alan Wake is its dark and spooky. Can bee related to Close Encounters of the Third Kind and X Files. The woods mean that its a creepy place and something bad will happen. The black and ghostly colours indicate it is a horror, dramatic and dark game. The character looks like he is holding a gun and a torch which makes people think that there is going to be a lot of danger and not a lot of light in the game. It also adds more mystery to the game.