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I thought after watching the film today it was ok.It wasn't I think the best film this year. I liked the visuals and the 3D was good, but overall it wasn't my favourite film this year.
I enjoyed today and can't wait for christmas. It was a shame only a few from Confetti came to see the film today.

Happy Holidays

Today Kelly had shown us a documentary about slasher films like Halloween.

To be honest I'm not a fan of horror films and then watching a documentary just about horror films I didn't think I would enjoy it.

After watching the documentary about slasher films it's made me quite interested in the genre of film and has made me want to start watching them. I don't know why I enjoyed the documantary so much. Maybe it could the suspense action or maybe it could be the frill of being scared, but I can truely say I enjoyed this morning and hope to start adding more films to my DVD collection.

Well is has been a while since my last blog, but since then alot has happen to me. First of I have been doing a lot of coursework and revising for my key skills English test that I have got in the next couple of weeks.
I have bought new games like MW2 for the 360 and also Little Big Planet for the PSP go. Both games are very enjoyable.
I also got my very first proper gaming chair last week which is the X rocker and is brillient.

Banned Video Games in Brazil

Banned video games in Brazil

Back in the December of 1999 Brazil banned many video games due to a man killing three and injuring eight people which is horrible.

Here is a list of a few games that are banned in Brazil.

Bully on PS2, Wii and 360 was banned due to violence and harassment in a school setting.

Doom, Duke Nukem 3D, Postal and Mortal Kombat are all banned due to the high impact violence.

Also Counter Strike was also banned in Brazil due to the high impact violence, but in June 2009 the game was allowed to be sold again in stores.

Gaming Elements - Mario Kart Wii

Gaming Elements

Mario Kart Wii - Racing Game

• Tracks
• accelerate
• brake
• jump
• power ups - Red shells and lighting clouds
• Short cuts
• Map of the track - This is located on screen while playing
• Position Number - located on screen while playing
• Lap number - located on screen while playing
• Different Characters
• Different styles of vehicles
• Vehile stats and class - For example the speed of the vehicle and weight
• Difficulty - 50cc, 100cc and 150cc
• Time Trials
• Timed record for each track
• Unlockables - outfits for your Mii, New characters and new track
• Tricks and stunts
• Mirror mode
• Awarded trophies at the end of each cup
• Drifting - Doing this will give you a small boost
• Ghosts - trying to beat your last time trial record
• Battle mode - Balloon battle and coin runner
• Gives you the option to use differnet controllers to play the game- wii wheel and Game Cube controller

Video Game elements

Wolfenstien 3-D - FPS

• Weapans
• collecting ammo
• Lives-Only have 3 lives
• Score
• Health-regain health by collecting food
• Collectables
• Boss fights
• Enemies
• Moving up a stage at the end at each level

Brutal Legend - Action Adventure, Real Time Stratagy

• Health
• Set commands
• Attacks
• Boss Fights
• Open world
• Cars and motorbikes
• Upgrades for your Car
• Special Attacks
• Stage Battles-Real time stratagy
• Map
• Side Missions
• Enemies
• Supporting Characters can be used for Other special attacks
• Sometimes the game has time limits.

Video Game Animator

Being an animator in the video game industry is something I would like to do for a living.

The main skills needed to be a good animator is to have skills in traditional animation (2D) and in modern computer animation (3D).

When you finally get a job being an animator in the future, for the first three years you can earn up to £28,500 a year. Then after those three years the next three you can earn a decent £41,000 a year.

Then the next three you can get around £46,000 a year.

If you get hired as a lead animator, your first three years you can earn around £49,000 a year and then after those or even longer you can earn an excellent £80,000 to a whopping £130,000 a year.

An animator's main talent is their imagination. You need to be very creative to be an animator, as you are brining the characters in the game to life.

But what does an animator do?

If working with 3D animation like in video games, first an animator will draw out the character they want to animate freehand and then they will scan them into the computer and manipulate them with the software on the computer.

To be a video game animator you need to be dedicated to spend long hours in front of the computer animating their characters and bringing them to life.