Comments on: Second Life: Video Production and Machinima

By: celestial elf

celestial elf — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 07:27:15 +0000

Heres an alternate version of The Night Before Christmas that
I wrote to reconnect with the ancient spirit and origins of yuletide..
and then filmed it as a Machinima in SL
The Night Before Christmas Or Yuletide or such…
I share it here to illustrate the range and freedom that Machinima allows the amateur film maker..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJLiLa7G5Ig

bright blessings
celestial elf ~

By: Guus Menges

Guus Menges — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 12:56:57 +0000

Very good artikel.
Al Peretz made two video’s for us.
With one he won first price in newbee catagori.
See them on our website.

By: Video UK

Video UK — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 09:16:36 +0000

Nice post – very cool :-)

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 11 May 2010 06:07:42 +0000

Fantastic article and great info. Will maybe try for my video productions in the future. As a newcomer need more to find out about 3D.

By: Kahiro Watanabe

Kahiro Watanabe — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 18:33:23 +0000

Check nitwacket sl’s machinima at youtube, amazing work!.

By: Lowe Runo

Lowe Runo — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 22:35:12 +0000

Great article, very interesting and informative. Anyone looking into dabbling into machinima, remember the Machinima Artists Guild has over 300 active members who provide assistance and information for newcomers and a library with over 700 examples of the medium. http://slmachinimaarts.ning.com/

By: LoweRuno

LoweRuno — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 22:31:41 +0000

By: Roman

Roman — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:08:52 +0000

Machinima Second Life videos can be uploaded to ThreadMap at http://www.threadmap.com and be linked to a specific Second Life region.

When users are clicking on the map for that region, or search for the region name or matching video description, they will see the uploaded video.

By: SpyVspy Aeon

SpyVspy Aeon — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 20:21:17 +0000

Really great post, indeed second life is going to become a true recognized “game” engine to lower some big productions. All live performances are great in the 2ndlife philosophy (live conferences, etc). I guess i am the same opinion as much of movie makers on the platform, even with second life limitations and the need of much more post production on the backstage, building, 3d maya, and all SL difficulties that ant resident knows. I guess the future is now!

By: Niko Donburi

Niko Donburi — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 23:50:25 +0000

One of the great things about Second Life is that it offers us “little people” the opportunity to make machinima TV shows, movies, music videos, commercials… you name it, all with relatively minimal investment. All I need is a computer w/broadband, SL, FRAPS and an editor and I’m set. As a live musician performing in Second Life, it’s allowed me to make machinima music videos (such as “Svarga” at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLnWBQpTbmE) and captured my live performances (such as “Virtual Stranger” at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9yZrh8FLho) at essentially no cost. It doesn’t get much better than that!

niko

By: Liz Dorland aka Chimera Cosmos

Liz Dorland aka Chimera Cosmos — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 23:15:30 +0000

Nice article again. This second article in your series does an excellent job as a brief overview of machinima in Second Life. It also shows you are learning fast about the possibilities in SL and making great connections. Looking forward to part 3.

By: Pooky Amsterdam

Pooky Amsterdam — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 17:03:54 +0000

Great article, Virtual TV & Machinma is going to become more and more important thsi decade. Allowing viewers participate in the show through logging in or chat bridge is a trend I predict will outstrip even “The Price Is Right” for audience engagement.
One other great use of machinima I see is for storyboarding more expensive concepts in much the way Coppola used video editing in the early 80′s. Being able to design, build and execute complicated scenery and special effects cost effectively before committing hundreds of thousands or even millions of dollars to a project is a brillaint soulution. Protoyping in Machinima mkes a lot of sense.
Machinima is a great genre and we will see many examples of remarkable films genrated out of Second Life, and I intend to contribute to this.
Really enjoyed Vizworld being on the show, great job on panel & Thank you.