Storyboarding

We  began our second unit which is storyboarding and our first introduction to this was making a 16 piece storyboard, using 16 existing picture. We made a story of a woman who wanted to kill her husband but got a hit-man to try and do it. I really enjoyed creating this piece because of the creativity used to make it.

FAR CRY 3.

Far Cry 3 is a RPG, open world first person shooter developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft for Windows, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. 

Far Cry 3 is set on a tropical island between the Indian and Pacific Ocean. After a vacation goes very wrong, protagonist Jason Brody must save all of his friends, who have been kidnapped by pirates and must be rescued. 

Jason Brody a young, scared and shy individual has to fight his way out of this tropical island filled with pirates and killer animals.  Taken prisoner by Vaas you seek to escape with your older brother and to rescue the others,  your brother is killed by Vaas but Jason escapes fleeing the pirates. You are sent downstream and are washed up by a man called Dennis who helps you. You save all of your friends discovering drugs and beautiful scenery whilst doing so. Your now the Raykat, the enemy of Vaas’ gang and aim to take them down. You meet their leader Citra a young woman who is in fact Vaas’ sister. You and a German man in Vaas’s gang called Sam plan to kill gang leader Hoyt, Sam is later killed by Hoyt in which you have lengthy fight with Hoyt in which you kill him and have to escape.

Jason Brody – The main character who becomes a man in this game. His tattoo changes as you level up and he get=s better at shooting, hunting and more.

Vaas – a lunatic and the main enemy to Jason, he is crazy with power but is challenged by Hoyt the true leader.

Citra – Vaas’ sister and a crazy woman, she want to have Jason’s baby.

Dennis – a mentor for Jason, in the end he kills Citra by accident.

In August 2010 the game was in full swing of development. Far cry 3 used a sand box editor. Furthermore, after confirmation of pc split screen on the official website.. also the game was set back to be released in 2012.

Marketing, player who pre-ordered Far Cry 3 received The Lost Expeditions Edition of the game got 2 extra missions and a flare gun 10 type.

Fable 3.

Fable 3 is set 50 years after Fable 2, the game is set in the fictional  continent of Albion, which is entering the age of industry. The hero of Bowerstone (the hero in fable 2) and ruler of Albion, has passed away and left their kingdom to their eldest son Logan (the baddy). You are his younger brother and aim to take him off the throne as he has become mad with power. You explore the world proving yourself to be a better ruler and gaining the trust of other societies. You dethrone Logan and have to fight the darkness a thing taking over the world and have to make decisions, which will change how bad, or good the ending is.

The game is all about morals and makes you make choices you wish you didn’t have to. This game uses a lot big English actors and comedians such as, Jason Manford, Simon Pegg, Stephen Fry, John Cleese and Naomi Harris.

The development of this game was announced at Gamescon and it was said that the game would be taking a different theme in comparison to the past 2 fables. The creators of fable spoke of how the didn’t want this game to become generic where you just win the game and the end title rolls. Robin Hood and King Arthur influence the game.

Marketing shortly before Gamescon 2009, images and quotations appeared on the lionhead website which made for discussion of what the next game they were making would be.

 

Fable 3 was a well received game in the xbox 360 community, IGN gave it an 8.5, praising the final segment of the game but criticizing the slow start to the game and lack of innovation.

Assassins Creed III.

This is a 2012 action adventure video game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft on the Playstation 3, Xbox 360, Wii U and Microsoft Windows. This game is the fifth in the series and a direct sequel to its predecessor Assassins Creed Revelations.

The plot is set in a fictional history of the real world event and follows the stories of assassins who fight with the enemies known as the Templars who try to make peace by controlling people. Desmond the hero in this game connects to the past through a machine known as the Animus who relives the memories of his ancestors to find a way to avert the 2012 apocalypse. The story is based before the American revolution and follows Desmonds half English half Mohawk background, who is known as Connor who attempts to defeat the Templars.

The game its self is set in an open world environment from a 3^rd person perspective with the primary focus being on Desmond and on Connors stealth and ability. Connor is able to free roam around Boston and New York in USA to complete side missions.  The game sold over 12million copies.

Assassins creed is well known for its Parkour /free running and within this game is has been simplified also close combat had been modified to make it easier to fight and seem more realistic.

 

A basic summary of the plot; Desmond, William, Rebecca and Shaun find the temple in a cave in New York and they access it using the apple of Eden. Desmond ins placed into the animus which causes him to experience the life of his ancestors in 1754 England. 

Connor/Ratonhnhake, is suggested to change his name which he does to Connor. This enables him to move through colonies. In Boston Connor is framed for a Boston massacre. Connor meets his father to make a temporary alliance. Connor kills a slave trader releasing mohawks in which he meets a girl name Kaniehti. During their time together they form a romantic relationship. He receives a transparent sphere to communicate with Juno who leads him to a retired Assassins Achilles who reluctantly begins to train him.

Connor has to neutralize a conflict with warriors and nationals. He kills his childhood who cannot be reasoned with.

Haytham Is the leader of the Templars and Connor becomes conflicted with eliminating them and looks to work with Haytham to find common ground and a common vision of peace but Haytham has a different opinion and says that chaos is needed, by replacing George Washington with Lee.  Connor later kills Lee and recovers the Templars. He is later instructed to put the key somewhere where it cannot be found later being found in 2012 in by Desmond.

Desmond finds this key and later survives a post apocalyptic world and will later be referred to as god.

My Storyboard

 We were given the task of creating a storyboard containing a minimum of 8 frames of out story also we had one word that we had to associate our storyboard with, I was given the work "riot" so i thought of things that make riots, from TV shows to real life events. I looked online at films and things and one thing came to mind and it was governments especially with the riots in Russia and Ukraine. After thinking about if or a while I decided my idea sort of came to a dead end so i decided to go with a zombie story, it would roughly be about a young teenager name Thomas Riley who is separated from his family during the start of a huge zombie apocolaypse and does what he can to survive and get back to his family.

 This is one of my scans which basically shows the majority of my work with the pictures of the story board, some of the other people in my class did their story from beginning to end whereas I did mine on a  part of the story. We were told to do quick sketches and to make them into a story within a 6 week period.

I used photoshop when creating my storyboard i thought it gave it a sketchy effect rather then the more common illustrator. I did this by keeping the bottom layer and doing multiply on the layer to show it throughout the other layers and give the an element of texture.

Summary

Thomas riley is show to be a normal farm boy in america with a simple life, you see news of a zombie outbreak and you see how the family cope and what they do. Later you see that they have to leave and decide to go in the near buy woods as they think they won't really be inhabited. In the night thomas is woken and wonders deeper into the woods, once he realises what he is doing and what he does and goes to turn back, as he does so he sees a horde of zombies and runs and runs until he comes to the edge of the forrest he sees a city on the horizon and decides he can not turn back now and wonders on further. He stumbles upon a group of people and decides to hide until he is taken hostage and knocked out. Thomas then awakens in a sewer next to a mysterious map.

I thought this would be a good start and introduction to a game and throws you right into the middle of story.

Script

This is a small entry from the story where Thomas is taken hostage.

Riot Script

This part of the story is taken from an altercation between the protagonist who is held at gun point by a group of people.

(Thomas is hiding behind some shrubs and a large tree, scouting out a suspicious group of people when suddenly he is approached from behind)

April: Put your hands up slowly and do not move.

(Aprils aims a gun at Thomas as he is crouching)

(Thomas is startled by this and does as April says)

April: So are there anymore of you?

Thomas: No… It’s just me.

April: So you’re out here all alone? The city is in riot mode and zombies are around every corner and you’re out here all alone?

Thomas: What can I say I don’t have anyone; I got separated from my family when the outbreak struck… I’m just tryna-

April: You seem like you could do with help and I mean were always looking for new members, I mean it’s either that or you fend for yourself.

Thomas: What’s the catch?

April: There is no “catch” we move north when we feel we need to and it sounds like your headed for the bunkers right?

Thomas: I didn’t even know about these “bunkers” I mean I’m sure family don’t and I don’t want to seek refuge knowing they’re out there.

April: Kid, what’s your name?

Thomas: Thomas.

April: Listen Thomas, they will be okay and they will find help but you’re stuck and if you join us you will be safe and may one day see your family.

Thomas: Who exactly is this “group”-

Mason: April? Everything okay over there?

(Mason is walking over to Thomas and April, when he gets to Thomas he turns him around to face April and himself. Here Thomas looks right into Aprils eyes)