Tuesday, 12 November 2013

#10m1 On A Mission - Promote It - Lesson 4 of 6



  • LO - To appreciate how to the game promo is marked so that you can achieve full marks for strand (e)
  • Outcome - you will have assessed a piece of actual coursework and used it to help you develop your own promo



  • Watch this example of a students game promo trailer

  • Using the mark criteria below how would you grade this promo

    • For 3 marks or more a student must have worked independently.

    • For 1 mark, a student may have needed guidance, but must have created a simple promo that makes use of some assets from the game.

    • For 3 marks, a student must have created a simple promo that makes use of appropriate assets from the game to attract interest and encourage people to play.

    • For 5 marks, a student must have created a promo that makes use of well-chosen assets from the game to attract interest and persuade people to play.


    • RED
      • Storyboarded an idea for your advert and posted on blog
      • Used www.screencastomatic.com to record clips of your game in action

    • ORANGE
      • Storyboarded an idea for your advert and posted on blog
      • Used www.screencastomatic.com to record clips of your game in action
      • Edited your video clips in Windows MovieMaker
      • Collected / Create any other resources you will need for your advert e.g 
      • Recorded all assets used in assets table

    • GREEN
      • Storyboarded an idea for your advert and posted on blog
      • Used www.screencastomatic.com to record clips of your game in action
      • Edited your video clips in Windows MovieMaker
      • Collected / Create any other resources you will need for your advert e.g 
      • Recorded all assets used in assets table
      • Complete your TV advert with at least:
        • Video clips of game in action
        • Suitable music / voice overs
        • Comments / Quotes about your game
        • A release date
        • What console(s) your game will be released on





  • If you need some help with movie make then use the YouTube Playlist below
  • You need to use the next button to scroll through the videos on this playlist.



  • EXTENSION TASKS
    • Get a partner to view your completed advert
    • Record their feedback
    • Use the feedback to make any necessary improvements to your advert
    • Save your completed advert as a movie file and link it to your website



    • Update the 10m1 game promo progress tracker
    • You should have complete 60% - 70% of the tasks by now - how will you 



    • Attend a clinic if you have not completed all of your game design work, your final game, your development log and your assets table
    • Clinics are running every day this week except Thursday