Art. Lots of it.: Architecture

The Companion Cube work discussed earlier in my blog has been preparing for the part of our project where we create our own replica of a door/window that we have found within a game.
The game I have chosen for this task is Fallout 3. This provides a fascinating example as the architecture contrasts so much. Though Fallout is set in the future, within the plot the earth's development became somewhat dysfunctional around the 50s when the wars started. This means throughout the game you consistenly see sci-fi technology couples with old fashioned advertising posters, sporting equipment and general decor. Another consideration has been that with environmental features such as burned out cars, constructions put together from scrap etc. These also have to reflect the 50's era as they are residue from that time, and seperate from the technological advances of the present day within the game. The video below is the intro of the game which I feel effectively sets the scene.

When focusing upon the achitectural style of the game it is important to take notice of the sense of total delapidation throughout. This is a world where industry and mass production has long since been extinct. The "Capital Wasteland" is exactly that, and abundence of decay and destruction. The next video is an example of someone's own version of the Fallout world. Whilst not directly related to what I am doing, I found it both interesting and benificial to see which elements of the environment, and the game in general, had been carried across.

Below we see examples of the traditional style posters, and what these add visually to the game. As you can see they encompass the idea of the American Dream, and the marketing formats through posters and leaflets in that time.

Now we see some examples of the heavily featured, extreme sci fi, tech in the pictures below- and furthermore just how extensively these contrast with the 50's theme.