Games Week 3:Space Station Research3-Vehichles

This next blog is based on the types of futuristic vehicles that could be created and how they resemble vehicles of today:

This first image has that futuristic sense in how the shape of the car is smooth and clean with doors that go up instead of open to the side making it a believable future car.

This image to me seems like the image which mostly shows that this vehicle could be the future and with that i think the simple circular shape with smooth opening doors and circular seating resembles a vehicle of the future.

Again this image has no wheels and seeing only circles where wheels should be makes me feel like this is the vehicle which would be used in a future society as it looks harmless ad safe.

This is an image of a car which to me seems not too much of a future car but seems like a stepping stone for the car of the future.

The inside of the car is seen as same as the cars of today besides the more exposure of light.

The Side view shows how the car has like a boat with wheels shape but which could be a more appealing car because a different shape has the car seen as a car of the future.

Top view of the car lets you see how much of the upper part of the car lets you see through it.

A futuristic car? i think so and thats simply because it has that slick, smooth and odd shape which would be considered as futuristic.

To me this could be a means of transport in the future as it is for individual people and it's a jet pack allowing people to fly around.

A space vehicle outside of the space station which seems futuristic as normally the vehicles are more of a tube shape.

This is the image which i see as a spot on view of a space vehicle as it has is wings engine and body.

Games Week 3:Space Station Research2-Space Suits

THese next images are focussing on the space suits as the tourists would need space suits to accompany them in space and i started to research into the space suits and found other as well:

This image i had found would to me help n what areas a suit would need and have.

Another suit to me would help in certain accessories that could be integrated with the suit.

A image of a astronaut in space in his suit which is small, fits with his body shape (isn't too big but a normal scale to a human body) and show that as time would pass the size and accessories with the suit would be more like wearing clothes.

I had found this image which shows how basic a space suit can be and how the futuristic technology would be able to create a suit that is built for increased movement whilst wearing the suit.

After looking at the suits in real life i started to find that in the Anime Series Gundam Wing they use Mobile Suit to pilot them around in battle.

Looking more into Gundam Wing i found that whilst in the Space Stations they had used simple clothes-like space suits.

Side view of the Space Suits.

Again there is different colours to show the characters and which i had realized after Chris had found that if we were going to create suits that basic would be good and pretty easy to create and leave more time to the detailed and distinct part of the project.

Another variation of the space suits used in Gundam Wing.

The different colour and amount that is on the Gundam Pilots space suit.

A different view of the space suit which has a varied helmet.

Same suit but different view which again shows how you can see the person body shape instead of the shape of the suit.

This is a different Mobile Suit which would be an aerial suit or for work (moving objects).

This another image of the Mobile Suit which has wings allowing it to fly and be a combat suit against enemies if a war arose.

A view of a simple suit worn by another pilot.

This view is of how a human would compare in size to a Gundam Suit which could be used for space missions.

Another mobile Suit but in a battle showing how it resembles a stance of a human.

Here is a older version of a space suit which shows how the suit doesn't resemble the shape of a human too much and has a heavy accessory on the back causing a heavy mass whilst moving around.

Here is a variation of how the old space suits looked to how they would look now in its slim line.

This image just stood out with how a mobile suit can resemble so much like a human stance.

The Mobile suits in their full view.

The mobile suits to their pilots.

Games Week 3:Space Station Research1-Space Stations Exterior

Starting this course our group had chosen the space station and Chris had said that we should come up with individual ideas to which then we would join up and come up with the final product having seen all of each others work and here is the first of my research:
I have been watching an anime series, Gundam Wing in which surrounds itself in space and found that this image shows how basic a space station can look.

I believe that this is a space station used in Star Trek and i chose this as a researched image because it is well known and has so much detail that shows how much detail is in certain space stations.

This looked interesting as it stood out with its interesting perspective of a space station because it seems like it hasn't been finished and that the shape of it is a factor as a donut shape with a handle on seems too much to be completed.

Now this next image, i think is a rendered 3d model of a space station and that in itself showed how we as a group could create a 3d perspective of the pace station we want to later be converted into second life.

This image has been chosen simply because i started to constantly seen that object in space had there own solar panels around the shape which led to me thinking that we could incorporate that idea into our space station.

Again this space station looks outstanding in its shape to the futuristic look and feel and thats why i chose it because it has that futuristic thought into it.

Again, this is another example of a space object which integrates solar panelling into its shape.

The simple shape of this space station made me realize that our space station could consist of areas of shapes that join up having a top, middle and lower deck of a space station.

Here is an actual image of the Star Trek space Ship being used and how it looks underneath with its engine below.

Another image of how solar panels are used with a space object but also with this image is the fact that the solar panels aren't just added at the side but above the space object.

This image shows how a space station doesn't have to be long or big but can just be small in length and wide to accompany the vast amounts of people.

This image for me shows a range of space station ideas that can come out of the shape or simple engine ideas to be the base of the space station shape.

I had chosen this image besides the legos being used to build it, it looks as futuristic and something our group could use for a city start.

The next image is from 2001:Space Odyssey and to me the shape caught my attention as it has a sphere on one end which is attached to a long part which is made up of individual compartments which can give our group the idea that the space station could be broken into parts.

This next space station image was chosen because it has that futuristic look and the shape as it is broken into three significant areas which is the lower base could contain the spaceships, second mid base having the civilization and the third base the top which would have the captain and the space station workers.

Another image of solar panels with a space object but agin a different shape.

This had been the first image i had chosen because not only does it show an image of the space station but another view of it which shows how the space station could be used in space.

Contextual and Theoretical Studies Week 7:The Gaze

Elisa Oliver - Reflecting on the extract viewed in the lecture from Hitchcock's 'The Birds' (1963) consider how you can identify Laura Mulvey's theory of the Gaze in operation. Remember she describes man as bearer of the gaze and woman as object of the gaze, she identifies ways in which the genders operate differently in developing the narrative and the way the use of the camera reinforces this. Think about the various ways of looking a being seen that occur in the Hitchcock extract.

I believe that the relation between 'The Gaze' and 'The Birds'is that woman is seen as something man really wants and the scene where the woman drops off a present in the man house and then the man realise what he found and gazes across the land and finally see's the woman in the boat, which to me means that man is presented as the bearer of wanting things so bad and that women are the things that men want really badly.

Contextual and Theoretical Studies Week 6:Follow Up To Hyppereal

Follow up questions re the Hyppereal by Elisa Oliver

Following on from our class discussion last week could you revisit your notes and the text we looked at and answer the following questions. Please use these questions as a point of consolidation of what we have done to date and as a launchpad of further research on the subject-particularly if you are looking to pursue this topic for your essay.

1. What does Baudriallard mean when he refers to the 'fullness' of the sign? And in contrast what does he then mean by the hyppereal?

2. How would you define the terms simulation and simulacra?

3. Why is Disneyland a 'third order simulation?

Re:Follow up questions re the Hyppereal by Ifraz Mohammed
1. What Baudriallard meant that the 'fullness' of the sign referring to how the sign represents the voice of the people and how it means something.

2. The definition of the terms simulation and simulacra are in comparison to how disney 2d creations to 3d creations of the cartoons creating similar characters but different perspective and how one can be physical and one can't.

3. Disneyland is referred to as a 'third other simulation' because it's 2d creation has been recreated in a 3d physical shape allowing interaction.

Contextual and Theoretical Studies Week 5:Hyperreal

Hyperreal by Elisa Oliver
Dear All-need to see some discussion on this-now that you have developed second life characters perhaps it has clarified the frame of references that are being used in constructing and 'virtual' life.

What frame of reference do you think Disneyland is using in its construction?

Why would Baudrillard have referred to this as 'hyppereal'?

Re:Hyperreal
Ifraz Mohammed
Honestly i din't get one bit of what you were talking about in class but after researching more into the subject i think that the frame of refrence of Disneyland being used in it's construction is that the whole idea is for us to interact and see how the concept of Disneyland is perceived from the cartoons if it was in front of you.

But if i'm wrong it would probably have been because of the information i had researched on.

Creative Industries Week 1:RSS Feeds Good or Bad

I believe that RSS Feeds to me are bad the reason is that it's purpose is to save time from going to each individual website by bringing that information to me, but by rarely using RSS Feeds i quickly learned that not only is there information from the sites you would normally view individually but extra info or junk comes with it.

If i was using this technology in the industries where it may be needed i see that unless you are researching into how much junk people wouldn't read then the RSS Feeds wouldn't help at all as they would waste that persons time by luring them into information they wouldn't need. It hasn't helped in my practice as when i do go to use it i get bored and miss that exploring through the different websites and how they're set up, for example a flash site is interactive as you explore through the site.

Games Week 2:Creations

On the left is an image of my avatar doing its created wave.

This image shows my avatar wearing the shirt i have created and imported into second life.

This image is of my avatars shirt from the back.

The Avatar:The Last Air Bender

This 30 second trailer is the latest footage of Avatar:The Last Air Bender and for myself this movie is going to be on my list to watch as i only finished watching the cartoon a couple of months ago and the film shows the similarity of its adaptation unlike some films which tend to go off in another direction when adapting cartoons to films however this film will be great from what i can tell from the 30 second i have seen.

Latest Clash of The Titans new Trailer

Each time i see a new trailer for this movie i can't wait for it to come out because only then i can have a full view on it but for now the trailer ahs shown me its a must watch film for this year.

Games Week 1:Second Life Screen shots

Here are a couple of screen shots i had taken whilst in second life that i found interesting or created.

This image is of the famous character Snoopy which looked really good in the exact look of the character from the cartoon.

This image is of a object created to show that an avatar has sprayed on the wall.

This image is of my created objects that were good, the chair and the two flags on its side.

Here is an image of a place where these impressive modeled cars are.

Again there are more impressive models in this area.

Creative Industries Week 9:Re-Review-Acceptable Aces 2?

Acceptable Aces 2?
From the Smokin' Aces1 I had a high expectation if the there was, for a second installment, would it live up to that expectation? With vast films there are alawys and expectation with sequel or prequels to the previous film, But over years aren't many that have exceeded ther first though.

The director of Smokin' Aces 1 and NARC comes a prequel to Smokin' Aces 1in which a FBI office worker finds out that a bounty has been put on his head which causes him to go into hiding whilst Assasins from all over the world are edging closer towards him.

I began noticing the same key points as Aces 1 and 2 which started the film as part of it's storyline where the glue to the story is that there is a bounty on someone's head, attracting assassins towards him. Once the story has begun the action from both films gives myself the insight on what type of characters they are simply from their killings for examle if the cut the person limb from limb they are a sadistic killer.

As the story continues I begin to see why there are so many differences between the two movies because of the type of actors to me aren't well known, besides Vinnie Jones and with some of the actors they weren't well known which to me caused no emotion or extra abilities towards Aces 2 as well as not enough backing in budget for more of a stand out production.

In Aces 2 there began a main focus point in whichthe FBI office worker has been sealed with a chamber underground and with the location set i began to believe that the focus point would be the killers going down each floor killing till they reach the end, the worker. But instead i notice that i was wrong when the hired assassins encounter each other causing a "shoot out", which causes only two or three of the left and seeing this I knew that the ending is looming

The final piece of the film finishes off with the remaining assassins trying to break into the bunker only for the FBI office worker to uncover that he was the one who lured the killers to him to kill them all as they were hired by the U.S. to do their dirty work and so he opens the bunker to release a grenade resulting in all the people around and in the bunker to be killed. However the end twist was yet to be uncovered and i found out that the office worker survived as well as two of the hired killers but as the scene draws to a close the FBI worker get in his car only for the leading agent who was protecting him, to arrive in front of his car and shoot the worker.

Now to answer the title Acceptable Aces 2?, I think you would have to examine some of the areas for example in it's repetitive storyline to Aces 1, the Aces 2 storyline had it's unique ending which has no faults in my mind, which causes me to think would repeating the same storyline again with a different and unique ending also be as good? As for some of it's weaknesses i have to say that the lack of action is a downside which could be a way to improve on to balance the film out with equal action to story, but after researching into what could have had an affect on this film i noticed that Aces 2 is a direct-to-dvd film causing a certain amount of budget which could be lower thatn it's previous film and the affect of budget could result in it's cost for special effects and big name actors.

To answer the question, was it acceptable... i would say yes but could have improved in the amount of time for action scenes and having the assassins have single encounters with each other rather than almost finishing them all off with a big battle. With the knowledge of this film being a direct-to-dvd causes a good point in why they had less of a action packed movie and that not all films are good with a sequel/prequel such as the film 'The Mask' which was a great film but got a bit of a damaged reputation from it's sequel 'Son Of The Mask' all in all i would give this movie a 65% out of a 100%.