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Unit 12: Specialist study in creative media production
Unit Aim: This unit will require students to research and critically examine the influence of historical and contemporary contexts on their own practice. The unit will enable the student to demonstrate a greater depth of understanding of their discipline and place within it.
What we're doing, how we're doing it and why we're doing it
What we're doing, how we're doing it and why we're doing it
Intent: Familiarise yourself with the game industry pipeline and the diverse job roles within it.
Implementation: Discussion, investigation, research and development.
Impact: Appropriate context for the unit going forward. Awareness of the game development landscape.
Soft skills: Research and analysis, communication, critical thinking skills.
Industry: Insights into diverse roles and creative process, preparing you for professional game development.
SMSC: Moral awareness, creativity, innovation, cultural awareness within the global game development community.
Context
Context
List as many industry roles you can think of
Investigation
Investigation
Start researching job roles! Search as many as you are interested in doing and then a couple you're curious about. For each role create the following profile, like a sexy Top Trump card full of useful info. Mmm delicious knowledge, print it, eat it and then you'll absorb it's power:
Job Role:
Explanation:
Examples of games you like where you feel this role was done well:
Interviews/Talks with professionals in this role:
Historical information on this role:
Reflection on this role: (What do you like/dislike? Where are these roles? What is the career path for this role? Anything else you have learned)
On your google sites:
Job profile (minimum 2 jobs)
Reflection
Links and analysis of all research gathered (should be loads!)
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Pipeline
What do I do?
Answer the following questions with research evidenced:
What is a industry pipeline?
How does it work in your chosen field?
Do different places do things differently? (Indie/AAA, historically/now, globally/locally)
On your google sites:
Pipeline questions answered
Reflection
Links and analysis of all research gathered (should be loads!)
Reflection:
Reflection:
- What happened?
- How did you feel?
- What were you thinking?
- How did things go?
- What might have helped?
- What might have hindered?
- What else could you have done?
- What have you learned?
- What can you change in the future?
- If the situation arose again what would you do?
- Anything you need to know or improve?
Satisfactory
Satisfactory
On your google sites:
Jobs -
Job profile (minimum 2 jobs)
Reflection
Links and analysis of all research gathered
Pipeline -
Pipeline questions answered
Reflection
Links and analysis of all research gathered
Commendable
Commendable
On your google sites:
Satisfactory tasks completed
Additional job roles investigated
Analysis and preferences should consider your own feelings/aspirations and industry trends
Outstanding
Outstanding
On your google sites:
Satisfactory and commendable tasks completed
Pipeline goes deep into each section, looking at individual roles within each section and how that contributes to the wider pictures
Pipeline also investigate not just production management but studio management
Going further:
Going further:
What do I do?
Compare your chosen industry with others. What is common? What's different? Are there transferable skills?
Research local game development, what roles are people working in?
Identify the roles you're truly excited about and look further into them. Gather as wide range of sources on them as possible.
Watch these:
Watch these:
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