Methodology + Film

What is methodology?  According to merriam-webster.com, it is:

"a body of methods, rules, and postulates employed by a discipline : a particular procedure or set of procedures"

But, what is a method?  A procedure?  These are all questions that started off today's class.  We were given a choice again to choose between watching a film or going over our game ideas until Jimmy decided to talk about 'methodology'.  I think what he was trying to do was to make us think about some of the terms we MIGHT know.  I, myself, have heard of the term 'methodology' but never quite used it.  The way it continued was sort of like a domino effect.  One word led to another, and so on and so on.  It definitely made me think.

After the 'methodology' discussion, we watched a short film called "Why Man Creates" by Saul Bass.  A good portion of the film was in animation.  It was funny at times and kept my interest.  Saul was an American graphic designer and filmmaker.  He is best known for his design on animated motion picture title sequences.  Throughout the film, there was a list of 7 titles which had to do with creation.  At the end, Jimmy asked the question, "Why does man create?"  I think man creates to improve on life, progress, capture history, tell a story, pass on knowledge, and to show wisdom.

Finally, we went over our game ideas.  Jimmy made us select one game from everyone that we thought was the best.  We ended up with 10 of them.  Out of the 10, we had to select our favorite.  It came down to 3.  Out of the 3, we voted on the one that we thought would have good commercial success.  The winner was "Pandemonium" created by Cee.  It was a good game idea about guessing the word/phrase by acting the part out.  Our assignment for the evening is to choose one sin from the 7 Sins and find 10 images that communicate that sin indirectly without being obvious.  This should be challenging.  Can't wait!