Finding films with
relatable games.
Mirrors edge and District 13.
Mirrors edge is game about a girl who lives in an unnamed
fictional city, this game primarily focus’ on the story of how far you will put
yourself to achieve freedom. District 13 is based around social problems such
as; drugs, violence and organized crime. Both film and videogame share aspects
of free running.
In the film district 13 we see main two protagonists
escaping situations, we see music progress and ascend in intensity to match the
visuals, this also effects your emotions as you feel the intensity within the
music.
Mirrors edge does the same thing, once spotted by police you
have to run or fight, as you escape them the music intensifies, as you escape
the music lowers in volume before fading.
Also they are very similar in the ambient and movement
sound, in the film and game when you free run or watch the free runners they
grunt, their footsteps changes dependent on what material they are on.
I think psychologically the music when the game and movie
intensifies makes you feel more immersed, games sometimes take a lot of
inspiration from films as films can really play and interact with human
emotions also I think sometimes we forget we have other senses, yes we see with
our eyes but then when you add our ears it can make you feel and embrace the
movie or game more, thus making you feel a lot more immersed.
Music used in the film are different too, as district 13 is
French, they use French, rap and hip hop in some of the scene where as the
fictional world of mirrors edge used a more electronic future feel, with scores
from Swedish electronic musician Magnus Birgersson.
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