This blog post seems to be getting much more attention than we had expected. It was originally concocted to be a quick set of notes for an introductory “what is machinima” presentation conducted by students in our class… But, since there is interest, we’ll add our core screening list here, and add student final proejcts from class — once they are finished!
in FS49: MACHINIMA, we ask
How should we approach the study of machinima?
How do the aesthetics of machinima differ from traditional video or film?
What is the role of the creator in machinima? Whose work is it?
What are challenges unique to machinima production?
and more…
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short, test examples of student experiments and favorite works!
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E McNeill’s work
Earth http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6VUzLS5UR8&fmt=18
Check out E’s favorite machinimaDance Voldo Dance http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=IE&hl=en-GB&v=-t2_WZ2znC8
Dylan Leavitt’s experiments include…
Creator 2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68KD4JUFgZE (ex. 2)
Alex Duckles’ work
(no title) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GihsmkseqNo
Matt Stone, Song of the End of the World, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKBX7aT1450
Max Seidman’s work
Perinthia Rebuilt http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pS2Fz8PpXA
CORE MACHINIMA SCREENING LIST
Machinima builds, IN PART, on the DemoScene
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demoscene
“Diary of a Camper” by United Ranger Films (1996)
Diary of a Camper was possibly the first demo to contain a narrative and dialogue (text-based) rather than stay as a recording of game play. A simple but impt. work.
“The French Democracy”
“The Dumb Man” by Trace Sanderson (aka Lainy Voom) (2008)
Watch (Machinima.com): http://www.machinima.com/film/view&id=1407
“The Zoo Race”
“The Dumb Man” by Trace Sanderson (aka Lainy Voom) (2008)
Watch (YouTube): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVfV2OzEHwg
“The Dumb Man” by Trace Sanderson (aka Lainy Voom) (2008)
Watch (YouTube): http://youtube.com/watch?v=fvxyzPnI9mU
Watch (vimeo): http://vimeo.com/609147
“Passage to Zhong Fu”
“The Dumb Man” by Trace Sanderson (aka Lainy Voom) (2008)
Watch (YouTube): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFG4W5-ThwA
“The Stolen Child” by Trace Sanderson (aka Lainy Voom) (2009)
Watch on Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/4746397
“Molotov Alva and His Search for the Creator” By Douglas Gayeton (2008)
(HBO purchased the North American television rights, so it is up on Cinemax)
Website: http://www.cinemax.com/molotov-alva/index.html
“Person 2184” by Friedrich Kirschner (2005)
Watch Episode 1 (YouTube): http://youtube.com/watch?v=MGXKVC4xEEc
Watch Episode 2 (YouTube): http://youtube.com/watch?v=sThdnyjtePU&NR=1
Website: http://www.person2184.com/
“Among Fables and Men” by Tobias Lundmark (2007)
Watch (Machiniplex): http://www.machiniplex.net/?id=19
Website: http://tlundmark.blogspot.com/
“The Wizard of OS: The Fish Incident” by Tom Jantol (2008)
Watch (vimeo): http://www.vimeo.com/788006
Website: http://tomjantol.blogspot.com/
“Anymated Scrapbook” by Tom Jantol (2008)
“Folie à Deux” by Tony Bannan (2008)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=4G0L8eepoXk
“Voices” by Kate Fosk (2008)
Note: The film was created with iClone, Moviestorm, and ZenCub3d and is thus an example of “Anymation”. None of these three tools are traditional game engines.
Watch: http://www.machiniplex.com (look for the icon at the bottom of the page) Website: http://pinechunks.blogspot.com/
Moviestorm Machinima Audition Tape, by Jon Cates http://www.moviestorm.co.uk/community/index.php?page=videos§ion=view&vid_id=101375
“Love and War” by Kate Fosk and Michael R. Joyce
(Experimental anymation piece using elements from many different machinima programs, and the art effects filters filters from Newbluefx.)
“Anna” by Katherine Anna Kang (2003)
Watch on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKEr5RRKoO4
“ULduar” and other videos by Sasha “Moo Money” Rudie – Prolific Machinima maker
Available at: http://moomoney.net/about/about-2/
“Tiny Nation” by Ill Clan, Kerria Seabrooke, Creative Director
Available at: http://www.illclan.com/tiny-nation
“Helena” and other films by JayDee
Watch videos on the site: http://www.jd-movies.com/
“Stolen Life” by Jackie Turnure (2007)
Available on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wU5DXScNJHo
“In for a Penny” Series and other movies by Selserene (2006)
Available on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/user/Selserene
“Adventures In Dating” by Decorgal –
Trailer for the series on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykAxPDze0R0
Chronicles of Humanity : Descent – Episode 1 – Titan: by Damien Valentine
On its own site: http://www.chroniclesofhumanity.com/
“Vox Populi Terra Pax” by Tari Akpodiete
“Precious Blood” by Legs
Wired article and film at: http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2008/08/video-precious/
Student project in Second Life.
“Snow Witch Story” by Britannicadreams (2006) Michelle Petit-Mee, Director
Available at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uX5C2MrpBbo
“Mermaid’s Dream” by Britannicadreams (2006) Michelle
Available at:
“Gabriel” by SmoothMoveFilms (2008)
Available on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2m3KBFM6hG0
“Oh No You Didn’t!” Halo 3 Machinima/Music Video
Available on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gvyhU-FoOo
“Love the Whole World” in Halo 3
Available on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBpdIocxBPg&NR=1
“The Ballad of the Noob,” by Jun Falkenstein, Stone Falcon
Available on the site: http://www.junworks.com/stonefalconproductions/noob.htm
“From Yesterday,” by JayDee
Available on the site: http://www.jd-movies.com/fromyesterday.php
“Red vs. Blue” – 1, by Rooster Teeth
Available on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BAM9fgV-ts
Tom Jantol – Watch!
1) http://www.break.com/usercontent/2007/10/Cirque-de-Machinima-Cuckoo-Clock-385336.html and
2) this interview
http://machiniplex3.blogspot.com/2008/04/tom-jantol-interviewsertom-jantol.html
and
3) this essay by the maker on Shooting Dialogue – seems simple for those of you who have studied film, but if you have not, it is good; if you have, it should serve as a nice reminder of the importance of certain cinematographic approaches in machinima, esp the extreme closeup use.
http://www.sims99.com/wiki/Shooting_Dialogue
Etienne Delacroix and corporal theatre
-Grammar of the arms
-actions of politeness
-glass of water
-le toucher,
contemp. corporal theatre – witches