Week 4 Video Prototype idea in full detail

Description of the game

The objective of the game is to steal your enemy’s gold without detonating the bomb. The game is played on two 5x5 grids, one for each player. Numbers 1 - 25 identifies the individual squares in the grid.

Before the game begins, each player will be given 1 gold and 1 bomb and they will have time to place their gold and bomb on the grid. Players can decide where to place the gold. In order to hide the gold, mountains are always going be surrounded it. After that, players have to bury a bomb in one of the mountains. While the player is setting, the other player is not allowed to look at it.

After the gold and the bomb have been allocated, the game may begin. In each round, each player takes a turn to choose one target square. Mountains are the clue for finding the gold but it also means bomb can be somewhere nearby. Once one of the mountains has been discover, the player is able to deduce where the gold is hiding. Whoever find the gold first, then that player wins. But, if the player find the bomb before the gold, the bomb will kill the thief and that player will lose.

Filming Progress

Before filming, I made a plan on what i'm going to talk about in the video. 

My plan was:

1. talk about which two games that i've chose to mash up

2. general information of the game (target audience, skills)

3. rules

Next, I wrote a script. Here is my script.

After finishing the script, i started setting up the camera. I spent time on it because i don't have a tripod. To solve this problem, i used my drawer. I pulled out 1/5 of the first drawer then put some towels and cloth in it to fill the space. Then i put my phone on top of it. And it stands perfectly.

Then, i drew and cut out pieces that i needed for demonstrating the game.

Last, I recorded my voice in my phone then send it to my laptop then edit it. 

After all the preparation, i started filming. For this video prototype, I decided to demonstrate paper prototype. I think it is easier to record my voice before filming so that i can hear my voice and i know what should I draw next. The total length of the video(not yet edit) is 9:02. 

Last step is to edit the video, at first i used iMovie. Audience will lose interest watching it while i'm drawing so i used fast motion. However, when I'm editing the video, I found out its very hard to match the action and audio. So i chopped the non edit long video in the sections. One page per section. Then i used different speed for different sections. By doing that, i'm able make the voice and drawing happening simultaneously. 

I also used Photoshop to adjust the brightness and add a cool filter to make the video look brighter and clearer. I add background music in photoshop as well. For the music, i chose a fun and bright music to create a relaxing and exciting atmosphere.

Here is my final product: