Machinima

Book Review: Machinima by Matt Kelland, Dave Morris, and Dave Lloyd Free Software Magazine If you're wondering what machinima is, this book is a good starting point. If you're wondering what machinima is likely to be capable of and what its history has been like, then you'll likewise find it very useful. If you are looking for a how-to or ...Read Full Story

Using a combination of custom content and post production techniques to make the “impossible” possible. Intro music is “Impulse” by Processor, from their album “Are You For Real?”, available at Magnatune.com P.S. - Yes, I am aware that I did not release a video last week. Tune in tomorrow, I’ll make it up to you!   Read Full Story

   overcast #044 [29:17m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (10) November 9th gave Phil and Ricky their first opportunity to conduct an overcast episode in front of a live virtual audience at The International Machinima Expo 2008. Having just come off their trip to New York, the “amateur” topic from #043 was fresh on their minds, so they decided to put it before the sizable crowd and see what they thought of it. What followed was a very interesting discussion, some of which is...Read Full Story

4th Annual Machinima Expo: Saturday & Sunday, November 19th & 20th Boing Boing Now, game companies such as Rock Star Games and Bioware are releasing impressive machinima tools with their games and stand-alone machinima applications like iClone and Moviestorm have become very popular. In fact, there's never been a better time to ...Read Full Story

Indian filmmaker bags Bitfilm Fest award Deccan Herald Alexander Gellner from Berlin won the FX MIX (digitally composed hybrid films) award for his short film “One Minute Puberty”, and his compatriot Philipp Scheifelbein from Frankfurt picked the “ MACHINIMA ” (films shot live in computer games/virtual ...Read Full Story

In a year not heralded for big leaps forward in gaming technology, we’ve seen a sizable forward movement in the quality of the best machinima movies of 2009 versus prior years. The filmmakers are getting better, and all of us are getting to better know our tools. These technology “lulls” can actually be a good thing if you, the director, don’t break your own pace of increasing your knowledge; it’s valuable catch-up time. It wasn’t easy to narrow this down, and I’m not calling this a “top...Read Full Story

Curious what André Pesch has been up to? He’s been working with director V.Fawaz on this, in what may be a “first” of sorts.       See Also: Machiniplex: The Days After (the original machinima version) Hyves.nl - The Days After   Read Full Story

The Expo, Year 2 – Last year, it felt like a test or an experiment to me. This year, it felt like THE machinima event of the year to be at. Not because of anything we organizers did, but because of you who attended. I’m already excited about next year, are you? Training Really Took Off – iClone has a number of “Certified Trainers” who are keeping busy . The Source engine has Noesis Interactive , who have produced a series of DVDs for learning the Source tools in an in-depth way. As someone...Read Full Story

Ivy Film Festival - Deadline is Sunday to enter this student machinima festival (I'm one of its judges, by the way). Any work you created while a student, past or present, is eligible. Entry is free! Ultimate Guide for Creating High Quality Textures - It's talking about textures in a web context, but the photography and prep tips have wide application and are excellent. Spartacus: Blood & Sand - Brutally violent. Overtly sexual. And yeah, the most entertaining show I've watched so far...Read Full Story

Unreal Development Kit – Don’t be fooled by the fact that the release of this free and amazingly powerful toolset didn’t immediately spawn a bunch of machinima. Remember how long it took for the Source tools to find their ways into the hands of great filmmakers. This release has the same potential. Unity3d – There’s a free version for personal use. Untapped potential here, who will be its first machinima innovator? Torque Engine – It got affordable again. The $250 standard price (binary...Read Full Story