-Everyones annotated bibliography is completed and uploaded into a single doc (not yet put into alphabetical order, but that will be done soon)
-Further discussed what we found in our sources.
-Talked about ideas for artefact
-Concept of a Mockumentary abandoned
-Rachel gave us the idea to make a TV style report similar to the ABC program “Good Game”
-We unanimously decide this is a good idea.
-Brainstorm ideas, settle on showing/comparing how different mediums are used in two different games. As well as talking about how games are different to other mediums.

-We decide to use the Games “Grand Theft Auto” and “Resident Evil” because they are very different in their atmosphere, scope and use of other mediums such as sound.

-Before meeting again on Monday we have the following jobs:

Me: Find quotes and add them to the quote Doc
Kristian: write a rough draft of the script
Sandy: look for possible ways to get Resident Evil (possibly buy the ps1 classic to play on ps vita)

During our meeting on Monday at 12:00pm we aim to review the prototype script and record a read-through to see how it flows and length.

· Progress report on annotated bibliography
1. Sandy – a bit behind because He was sick, but will be done by tomorrows class.
2. Kristian – done
3. Ali – done
· Spitballed ideas for brief, including a mockumentory about video games as a medium, looking at GTA and how it incorportates many mediums, as well as looking at Red Dead Redemtion and L.A Noire as games reviving “dead” genres in a new medium.

Our definitions of “Medium”
· Sandy: The different formats that artists can use to convey their message.
· Kristian: A channel of common intercommunication across avenues such as print, visuals and sound
· Ali: Communication tools that can change the perspective of the masses.
· Talked about the general summary of our bibliography

We will further discuss what our artifact will be tomorrow in class with Racheal for advice.

End of meeting.

Past monday, I met Kristian and Sandy to discuss on project brief 4. We were given ‘mediums’ as our topic, so we all laid down our ideas on table and made a collaborative contract. We discussed possibilities to present the idea in each artifact present there. Kristian popped up with the idea to present how each medium interacts with the audience and present it on a website. Two different mediums were divided among us for less work load. In mutual consent we agreed to the idea but in regards to artifact we decided to lay it till our workshop day, where we can discuss with Rachel if we are on a right track. Then ‘it’ happened last thursday, Shattered dreams.

No, not quite, Rachel did like our idea but she was of the view that either its too vague or it seems that it will be hectic for us to actually present it in the end. She gave an idea that to focus on a single text rather than all the mediums. So this is a mind map that we made first:

our first idea was to present each medium with multiple tabs on a website, so if we were to showcase cinema as a medium, we would make a small 2-3 minute clip to tell how cinema is different from mediums and so on. But I guess we won’t be doing that anymore.

Now we decided to focus on “GTA V’ and will discuss how cinematic elements along with the sounds and the control systems of a video game provides an immersive experience for a player as medium to communicate. Lets hope it turns out well, I’m excited and nervous at the same time. The group meeting is this Monday, let’s see how it goes.