Research Task

Research Task - Recycling

Film - The Iron Giant

In the film The Iron Giant a young boy finds a giant robot and befriends it. When a secret agent finds out about the robot he tells the army and they believe the robot to be a threat and so try to destroy it but in the end themselves need saving by The Robot. In the film recycling is shown by a man that works at a scrapyard, he recycles the scrap he has to build sculptures of various things.



Literature - Winnie The Pooh Chapters IV, VI, VII and X (Eeyore)

Winnie The Pooh is about a small bear and his friends who are all various animals, as well as a young boy named Christopher Robin and their adventures in The Hundred Acre Wood. One of Pooh's friends is called Eeyore, he is featured in a few chapters and is always losing his tail, which is held on by a pin and also trying to build a house. Recycling is shown in Winnie The Pooh by Eeyore, he recycles sticks to use to build his house multiple times throughout the books.



Game - Knack

In the game Knack you play as Knack a small robot type thing, made up of various different shaped and sized relics. Throughout the game you use the relics to assist you, you either collect them to heal yourself and make yourself bigger. You can also recycle them and use them to help open pathways and doors to help you progress further.

Illustration - Recycling Picture

The picture shows two people throw their rubbish away into a recycle bin and dropping some plant matter waste onto the floor to grow the tree that the two people are sat on/in. The cycle then continues of people having waste and recycling it and growing plants and then getting waste from it and so on.





Animation - The Wombles

The Wombles are bear like creatures that live in Wimbledon, London. The Womble motto is "Make Good Use Of Bad Rubbish". They go around collecting bits of rubbish and scrap and then use it back in their home to make things in creative ways.  The wombles would wander around parks in London collecting bits of rubbish and storing it in their bags then bringing it back home with them, once home they would recycle it and make it into something they could use.


Artist/Designer - Andrew Chase


In Andrew Chase's work he uses piece of scrap and metal to build animals. The picture to the left shows what seems to be a Tyrannosaurus Rex. Some of his other work consists of a Gorilla, a Polar Bear, an Elephant, a Giraffe and a Cheetah. Recycling is shown in his work by him using pieces of metal create his sculptures of these animals.

Video Game Time Line Task

Video Game Time Line -

Pong - 1972 -
The game was originally manufactured by Atari who released pong in 1972. Pong quickly became a success and is the first commercially successful video game, which led to the start of the video game industry we know today.  Atari released a home version of Pong exclusively through Sears retail stores. It was also a commercial success and led to numerous copies. Pong has been remade time and time again for use on portable platforms  or home platforms.



Space Invaders - 1978 -
The game was originally manufactured and sold by Taito in Japan, but was later licensed for production in the United States by the Midway division of Bally.  Space Invaders is one of the earliest shooting games. The creator gained inspiration  from  Breakout, The War of the Worlds, and Star Wars. Upon its first release, Space Invaders was very successful.



Pacman - 1980 -
The game was originally developed by Namco.  It was licensed for distribution in the United States by Midway and released in October 1980. Immensely popular from its original release to the present day, Pac-Man is considered one of the classics of the medium, virtually synonymous with video games, and an icon of 1980s popular culture. Pac-Man is often credited with being a landmark in video game history, and is among the most famous arcade games of all time.



Mario - 1981 - Donkey Kong -
The game was originally  published and produced by Nintendo. It became so popular it got several television series and a feature film.  The games have been developed by a variety of developers including Nintendo, Hudson Soft, and AlphaDream.



The Legend Of Zelda - 1986 -

The game was originally developed and published by Nintendo.  Considered one of Nintendo's most important franchises, its game play consists of a mixture of action, adventure, and puzzle solving.The Legend Of Zelda franchise has sold 67.93 million copies since its original release. The original game being the fourth best selling NES game of all time.

 


Sonic The Hedgehog - 1991 -
The game was originally developed by and owned by Sega.  The first in the series published in 1991.  While the first games in the series were platform games, the series has expanded into other genres such as action-adventure, fighting, racing, role-playing, and sports.