Thoughts and Pictures of the Machinima Expo 2008

"I can’t tell you how pleased I am with how well the Expo turned out for us. My sincere thanks to everyone who came, both panelists and attendees. And even with some minor glitches (video hiccup, my lost microphone) veterans of Second Life events told us that this was one of the best events they’d ever attended in SL. We managed to stay on schedule and get everything done we had planned. And I was just blown away by all of the postive feedback we received on the event." [link] [link]

Machinima.com raises $3.85 million in funding [link]

The demise of Antics 3D [link]

Machinima Neglected [link]

overcast #041 [link]
Posted by admin on Sunday 16 November 2008 - 17:37:32| Read/Add Comments: 0| 

SCI-FI WINNERS TEAM UP FOR MOVIESTORM COLLABORATION

Veteran computer animator James Thorpe who was overall winner of the Moviestorm sci-fi competition, and Iain Friar who came runner-up in the Clip and Short categories of the competition have decided to combine their talents and are now collaborating on a new movie.

The two met up at the Cambridge film festival to watch the screening of the winning entry and shortly after the idea of working together on a project was suggested.

James, of BlackAce Productions, is best known as being part of the team that produced the award winning aviation movie "Faith, Hope, and Charity", as well as the music video for Marillion's song "Whatever is Wrong With You?" which won the Moviestorm competition.

Iain, of IceAxe Studios is a relative newcomer to computer animation, but has already published a number of short comedy movies, all created with Moviestorm, including "Cut & Shut" and "Mistaken Identity"

A number of professional actors have already signed up for the project, and a script is in the final stages of completion.

The team are remaining tight-lipped about what the movie will be about, only disclosing that the working title is "Gridlock".

James Thorpe commented "We want to publish something that's a step beyond what an individual can achieve on their own. You can expect the finished movie to combine some of the drama and visual imagery that I'm known for with Iain's comedy dialogue. We have quite a lot of irony in there too."

Iain Friar said "Most of the production will be done in Moviestorm. It's the quickest and most effective way to get from script to screen and will be ideal for this movie."

No date for release is available yet.

Friar added "As the guys at Moviestorm love to say, it'll be ready when it's ready!"
Posted by Iain on Sunday 09 November 2008 - 16:27:38| Read/Add Comments: 0| 

2008 Machinima Awards announced

The winners of the 2008 Machinima Awards were announced Saturday evening, November 1, at a special ceremony which culminated the day-long 2008 Machinima Festival (www.festival.machinima.org).

Held at Eyebeam, a multi-disciplinary art and technology center in Manhattan, the fifth-annual celebration of films created in popular video games like Halo 3 and 3D virtual spaces like Second Life brought together a broad range of attendees, including filmmakers, cineastes, gamers, students, and technologists eager to take in the free panel discussions and screenings of nominees. [link]

Interview: Kirschner On The State Of The Art Of Machinima [link]

Obama, McCain and a Headcrab [link]

Singapore Digital Media Festival [link]

Ready When You Are, Mr. DeMille [link]

"Clear Skies" Live Premiere at Machinima Expo 2008 [link]

NY 2008 [link]
Posted by admin on Thursday 06 November 2008 - 14:19:09| Read/Add Comments: 0| 

Filmmaker Meet and Greet on Friday

"If you’re a Machinima Filmmaker and you’re in New York this Friday (Halloween, and also the day before the Festival) - come over to Eyebeam to meet the people involved in the festival, have a drink and be social. If you haven’t done so already, let us know if you’re coming by writing an eMail to festival [at] machinima [dot] org." [link]

Music Generators [link]

Machinima Info Barf #14 [link]

'Grand Theft Auto' drove filmmaker to experiment [link]
Posted by admin on Tuesday 28 October 2008 - 13:38:43| Read/Add Comments: 0| 

Two videos.

Hello

I created two machinimas that I would like to spread into the community.

The first one "Je démonte" won the two 2008 French Video Game Festival Contests (Best Machinima and Best MMORPG Machinima).
The second one is an exploration of "music made with video sounds".

They can both been seen and downloaded on my Download page :
http://www.eskwad.com/dlqb/dlqb.htm

Some explainations can be found on my blog too :
http://qbstudio.blogspot.com

Thx a lot !

Rodion

Submitted by Rodion Edge
Posted by admin on Wednesday 22 October 2008 - 14:34:33| Read/Add Comments: 0| 

Machinima Filmfest 2008: The Nominees

"The results are in and we have a superb list of Nominees! In fact, we had so many good submissions that for this year, the Festival Selection Committee decided to give out Honorary Mentions in each category for one film that didn’t make it to the Nominations but is a superb example of machinima filmmaking.  Congratulations to everybody!" [link]

Pineapple Pictures Releases Promotional Film For The Expo. [link]

Moviestorm Sponsors The Machinima 48 Hour Film Project [link]

overcast #038 [link]

Virtual McCain, Obama to Debate in Moviestorm [link]

LittleBigPlanet turns gamers into creators [link]
Posted by admin on Wednesday 08 October 2008 - 12:17:58| Read/Add Comments: 1| 

Movie of the Year!

Movie of the Year OCT 2007 - SEP 2008:  Congratulations to The_Nomad, Zarathustra Studios and animatechnica!

Movie of the Season JUL-SEP:  Congratulations to Iain, Bigmanrob and animatechnica!

See Hall of Fame and Movie Charts for details.
Posted by admin on Wednesday 01 October 2008 - 16:37:28| Read/Add Comments: 0| 

Montreal Expo Cancelled - Becoming a Virtual Event

"Last year, organizers Ingrid and Damien enjoyed a rich, exciting, and well-attended Machinima Roadshow event at Festival Arcadia in Montreal. So when the organizer invited us back, and expressed his desire to make the machinima component a bigger and more extensive part of his show, promoting it to us as a turn-key event and possibly including prize money for top films, Ingrid and Damien enlisted the help of Ricky and Phil and created the First Annual International Machinima Expo." [link]

"Apology" on the BBC Film Network [link]

BioWare Duo Dish On 'Cinematic Design' For Mass Effect [link]

Siggraph 2008 - Papers of interest for Machinima creators [link]

Jeff Morris "Make Something Unreal" Phase 1 Interview [link]

overcast #037 [link]

Posted by admin on Wednesday 24 September 2008 - 14:34:26| Read/Add Comments: 0| 

Normal Service is Resumed!

Had some problems with the servers the past couple of weeks but it seems to be fixed now, fingers crossed!
Posted by admin on Wednesday 24 September 2008 - 13:19:37| Read/Add Comments: 0|