S.A.T's Media Blog

Google Video - The Godfather: The Game

The Godfather: The Game is Electronic Arts video game (due for release in 2006) based on Mario Puzo's novel and the 1972 film of the same name.

Apparently this is the "unseen on TV/banned" commercial for the xbox 360.......

xbox 360

The Nintendo Revolution Controller sets aside the traditional controller seen in other mainsteam consoles in an attempt to appeal to a larger audience.

The controller is shaped like a television remote control and is held with one hand.

The controller is also able to sense motion; two sensors placed near the television allow the controller to sense its position in three-dimensional space. Other sensors in the controller itself allow it to sense its tilt and yaw. This allows players to mimic actual game actions such as swinging a sword or using a flashlight, instead of simply pushing buttons.

This early marketing video showed actors miming such actions as fishing, cooking, drumming, conducting an orchestra, shooting a gun, sword fighting, and performing dental surgery!

To communicate with the sensors, the Revolution's controller uses Bluetooth technology.

Nintendo Revolution Controller

Classic Atari 2600 commercial from the 70's......

Atari 2600 Commercial

John Battelle, co-founding editor of Wired and founder of The Industry Standard visits the Google New York office to speak about his book The Search: How Google and Its Rivals Rewrote the Rules of Business and Transformed Our Culture (12/7/05).......

John Battelle talk at Google NYC

At BBC BLAST you can make a demo game, choosing the characters, background, music and more. Then show it off by sending it to a friend: Game Maker

GO! is the game I created !

A BBC3 in-depth report on the inner-workings of Nintendo......

Inside Nintendo (BBC)

Game 1: Xtreme Beach Vollyball : Dead Or Alive - XBOX


















Game 2: Tomb Raider - PlayStation














Game 3: Metroid (Prime) - Nintendo Game Cube


















Game 4: Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Chaos Bleeds) - PlayStation 2

The Ultimate Zelda Trailer

***** Stage 1: Share *****

a. In the Main Menu go up to File and in the drop down menu select "Share".




















b. Select QuickTime and where it says "Compress movies for:" choose "Expert Settings".
c. Click "Share".

***** Stage 2: Options *****























a. Name the movie.
b. Where it says "Export", make sure it says "Movie to QuickTime Movie".
c. Click "Options".

***** Stage 3: Movie Settings - Video Settings *****



























a. Click "Video Settings".
b. Choose the "MPEG-4 Video" codec.
The MPEG-4 compressor window appears.




















c. Set the frame rate to be fifteen (15) frames per second and the Key Frames every five (5) frames in the Motion options.
d. Keep the compressor settings at "Medium".
e. Set the Data Rate Restrict to six hundred (600) kbits per second.
f. Click OK.

***** Stage 4: Movie Settings - Size *****

a. Click "Video Size". (N.B. you won't touch the "Filter" settings).

















b. Select "Use Custom Size".
c. Type three twenty (320) for the width and two forty (240) for the height (which is about half the size of what DV video is).
e. Click OK.

***** Stage 5: Movie Settings - Sound *****

a. Click "Sound Settings".



























b. Set the format to "AAC".
c. Set the channel to "Mono".
d. Click on the "Show Advanced Settings".

AAC ENCODER SETTINGS

Bit Rate Format: Constant Bit Rate
Target Bit Rate: thirty two (32)
Precedence: Bit Rate
Quality: Better

e. Finally set the Rate to be twenty four (24) kilohertz.
f. Click OK.

***** Stage 6: Movie Settings - Prepare for Internet Streaming *****

a. Check the "Prepare for Internet Streaming" box.
b. Select "Fast Start".

***** CLICK "OK" TO COMPRESS YOUR MOVIE *****




Adapted from the tutorial at Freevlog.

Here's my Keynote presentation I did for videogames session 2
(Click on the QT player image to view movie - This is just my first "Freevlog" tryout!)

Atari 2600 Commercial

18.01.06

BBC BLAST : GAME PLAN : GAME MAKER

13.01.06

The Godfather: The Game (Electronic Arts 2006)

19.01.06

Videogames Session 2 : Character Grid

10.01.06

Videogames Session 6 : Women & Games Play Session

12.01.06

The Ultimate Zelda Trailer

11.01.06

NINTENDO

Inside Nintendo (BBC)

12.01.06

Nintendo Revolution Controller

18.01.06

XBOX

The "unseen on TV/banned" commercial for the xbox 360

19.01.06

SESSION 1 - Titles using Slick Matte-tastic ::: OCR A Level Media Studies Conference

16.03.06

SESSION 2 - 4-Way Split Screen ::: OCR A Level Media Studies Conference

16.03.06

How to compress from iMovie with QuickTime 7

10.01.06