Which game am I doing?

The game i have chosen is Dragon Ball Z Kakarot. In this it follows a man named Goku also known as Kakarot as his saiyan name. Goku is a humanoid being called a “Saiyan” who lives on planet Earth. Who recently found out about his true orgin of being a saiyan. Due to this other saiyan find him and he has to train to beat them. After scruggling with his brother and dying they seek to revive him using the dragon balls on a alien planet but encounters other aliens and villians. He comes back to life and watch his son grow up into a saiyan warrior who defeated a labatory alien. They also had to fight robots known as androids who are robots and much more. All with planet earth in their hands.

The game i have chosen is Dragon Ball Z Kakarot this is because I believe a mix of both cinematic and gameplay for this game will make a good trailer. I also think it will be good because it’s captures some of the story telling that the anime had. I would also be able to get the style I want from this game. As it has the requirements that I have fot the trailer. This is because of the amount of cutscenes and gameplay.

The audience is aimed at those who are already interested in the dragon ball franchise however it’s age demographic is aimed for 12 up. It’s aimed at those who is into anime games this is because a large majority of them have very similar gameplay mechanics.

Who is the target audience?

The trailer is aimed at those who have an interest in the dragon ball z kakarot or anime games this is because most anime games follow the same formula. I’m also planning to release the trailer on YouTube this means on average 12+ age ranges this means the demographic has a large age rating.

Dragon ball Z kakarot has already achieved a audience with the recognition from the loved anime dragon ball and also for the developers CyberConnect2.

The best reach for my audience is social media such as YouTube this is because they used the same platform and managed to get good like to dislike ratio and viewers was much entertained allowing the view time to go up.

What is the purpose of the trailer?

I am making this trailer so that I can showcase Dragon ball Z kakarot at it peak with battles from the anime as well as the different characters you can play as showcasing all the unique ideas and gameplay. To show the Dragon Ball fans the unlimited potential the game has. This is for the audience of Dragon Ball Z kakarot with its age demographic and those that are interested in anime.

The USP is that it will bring the anime and game together recreating iconic scenes from the anime allowing people to make their own side by side comparison.

What is the plan for my trailer?

I want to introduce the 3 main villains from dragon ball Z (frieza cell and buu) this introduction will show their opening cut scenes. (25 – 30 seconds)

We are then introduced to the main characters such as Goku (kakarot is his Saiyan name) and the side characters (krillin gohan and vegeata) (45 – 50 seconds)

We will then see a montage between all 3 fights against the villain. (35 – 45 seconds) in this short time you will see the beginning middle and end of those fights

Finally you will be able to see the introduction which then title screen which will end the trailer.

The song that I have gone for is Numb Pain this is because I think that the song would greatly reflect the tension between the fights and that it would be a good reflection of the game. The song is also iconic from different anime AMV which I can take inspiration from. Such as transions and the style of the video. I also think certain lyrics would reflect the story of the game as well as the title. This is because the fighters surpass their limits in each fight and the song I think reflects that due to numb the pain.

Time management

• Week 1: I started my planning and exploring what type of games I should record these game where some of the following Fortnite rocket league and roblox however I chose against these ideas because
  • Fortnite: it feels super over rated knower days and would have felt less effort due to how many opportunities that it can provide.
  • Rocket league: this was one of my ideas however due to its limited gameplay and though replays looked good i could not use the .replay files in my editor of choice.
  • Roblox: it’s not a game as such and more of a platform which contains games which would have created more options to choose from and get distracted by.
• Week 2: I finished my plan and now I need to start my research this is where I had to chose 2 already made trailers and annotate them. This was difficult but I picked the two games which I am mostly looking forward to playing.
• Week 3: This is when I started to record my footage on OBS for the game i decided on in my plan. However this was not done in one session and did run to week 4.
• Week 4: This was a recording week using OBS as the footage recorded was scattered throughout the game and i would have to replay the game in order to get the required clips.
• Week 5: This is the week of editing research and editing itself. I first wanted to pick my video editor as we had a choice on what software to use. I use windows during college but at home I use Linux therefore I neded to find one that is compatible with both operating systems which ended up being….. I then looked at some tutorials and followed them using my own footage as tests. At the end of the week I started to video edit but ran into week 6
• Week 6: At the start of this week I started to understand the software and by end of the week I was reviewing the video and sending it to friends for feedback
• Week 7: This is when I started to refine my work and made sure that I covered all the criteria. I also used the feedback provided to improve the video.