Bioshock analysis
- 1. Salford City College Eccles Sixth Form Centre BTEC Extended Diploma in GAMES DESIGN Unit 73: Sound For Computer Games Game Title BioshockInfinite (Start0:35 – Stop2:57) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iZZg2qiBos Provide detailed descriptions from chosen examples that establish… Clearly state what production technique(s) you think have been used to create specific soundtrack elements Setting At the verystart we can hear waterswishingandswirlingandhe alsohearpaddle movinginand outof the water,woodcreakingwhichsuggestingthatthispersonis on a row boatwithtwo othersdue to the dialogue.Nextwe hearagun being cockedtellingusthatthe character nowhas a weapon.Afterthiswe here thunder inthe backgroundtellingusthatthe weatherisgoingtoget quite terrible.Shortly afterwe hear the character climbingupsome laddersmakingathudsoundevery stepup he takesbefore we heara constantwalkingsoundwithwoodcreakingand rain hittingwoodinthe background.The characterthenwalksup a setof stairsand knockson a woodendoor,he pushesitopenwitha creakand finallywe hearan echoof hisvoice suggestingthat the buildinghe hasjustenteredislarge andalmost empty. The water andthe paddle beingmovedcould have beeneitherfieldrecordedorcouldjusthave easilybeencreatedbyaprofessionalFoleyartist. The woodcreakingI believewouldmore likely createdby a Foleyartistandfieldrecordingthis soundwouldn’tbe tooeasyandcouldtake up time andresources.The gunbeingcocked,the thunder,the manwalkingonthe woodand knockingonthe door couldhave alsobeenfield recordedor createdbya Foley artist.Ifeel that the echo wascreatedby manipulatingthe original audiotrack and thenjustmodifyingitandadding it intothe rightplace. Mood The mood of the character can onlybe discoveredthroughhisdialogue.Throughout thisscene I can only assume thatthe character is curiousas he asks howlongitwill be,if anyone will be there tomeethim. The dialogue wouldhave beenrecordedina studiosothat there wasno backgroundnoise or interference. Game genre From thisscene youcan’t reallytell whatthe game genre is.Fromthe echoyou wouldassume thatitis a horror as that isthe typical thingyouwouldhear.Echo’sin a large abandonedbuilding.Otherthanthisyouwouldn’tbe able toidentifythe genre of thisgame. I have alreadymentionedhowIbelieve the echo to be recordedinthe previousparagraph. Narrative The narrative fromthe maincharacter isstraightforwardand easyto understand whereasthe dialogue fromthe othertwointhe boatwithhimis quite strange.Asif theyare talkinginriddlesandtheyseemtoknowmore thantheyare tellingabout theirpassenger,wherehe isgoingandwhy. The dialogue inthisscene wouldhave beenstudio recordedina certainenvironmentwiththe voice actors that are inthisscene.