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AUDIO

In the game the music will be a mix of 1983 most popular hits and instrumental music.

The top songs of 1983 include Every Breath You Take by Police, Girls Just Want To Have Fun by Cyndi Lauper, Jump by Van Halen, All Night Long (All Night) by Lionel Richie and Photograph by Deaf Leopard. In the game there will be a mix of music genres such as pop, rock and disco.  This music will be present when the characters are by a radio (i.e. in the car, in a shop or police station), during a cut scene and during a high impact/high energy moment in the game play (e.g. a car chase).

The instrumental music will be played when the player is looking for clues, examining clues, interrogating a suspect in the police station and at tense moments either in the game play or in cut scenes (e.g. the characters have just been informed of a hostage situation).

The music in the game plays a very important part in immersing the player into the 1983 set game world; reinforcing the believe-ability by working with the visuals and making the player feel like they are a cop- solving clues, fighting crime in 1983 with the help of the music making dramatic scenes more intense.

There will also be the use of radio in the beginning of cut scenes and when there is a radio present which will play not only music, but also the news.  This will give players more information about things like politics, strikes, etc. during the time making the player more immersed in the world.


CUT-SCENES

For the cut-scenes in the game, they will be animated comic strips.  Comics and cartoons were prominent in 80's pop culture, with He Man being released in 1983.  The comic strip animation for the cut-scenes adds depth to the narrative and locations by exaggerating facial expressions, emotions, mood, and feelings.  This adds to the comedic banter between the two main characters and intensifies dramatic scenes.  It links missions and game-play together and drives the plot on.

The style and colour of the comic strips are in-keeping with traditional style comics, but with a graphic twist to match the liveliness of the game and characters.

At the start of the cut-scenes there will be a comic on a table in the office of the police station.  On the table, along with the comic will be things like a mug, pens, sticky notes and other crime/office related items that will change every cut scene.  The comic will be turned open by the hand of one of the main characters.

For the animation of the cut scenes, they will take you to one panel at a time and have a motion blur when moving onto the next panel.  The effect that is achieved is that it looks like the camera's a pair of eyes; focusing and un-focusing, zooming in and out, from one panel to the next.

Cut-scenes are accompanied by audio (see Audio).

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