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Machinima - Gaming And Flimmaking Converge

This word is a combination of the termspieces of this video art. Action sequences
'machine' and 'cinema' and it was created tocan be created that are completely different
describe an intriguing artistic formfrom anything in the game; it's the
developed by computer gamers that also happencharacters, the backgrounds, and the
to be a new form of "modder". For years,inventory of potential movements that remain
modders have been adapting the structure ofthe  same.
computer games – usually a first person
"shooters" – to build new "levels."To a perverse, creative mind the
Most of these games are broken intopossibilities are endless. Rather than
sequences; what modders have been doing iscreating a small bolt-on addition to the
devising their own level or "maps" that are,game, they have utilized the game's artwork
in essence, additional game content,and technology for completely original
presenting the player with new obstacles andproductions. The product can then be edited
new  interactions  with  the  villains.to videotape for a conventional film or, more
commonly, distributed digitally. The practice
With machinima, these technicians have takeneliminates the need for expensive animation
the process several steps further. They havemachines and studios for potential movie
dismantled the game's apparatus completelymakers. You can be a backyard film maker and
and utilized it to build movies, TV shows andsimply upload your completed project for tens
other creative video presentations. The videoof thousands of viewers. If it's well done,
material is driven by the game's 3D enginesthe recognition will be quick and meaningful.
and, of necessity, features many of theTo those who remember the early days of the
characters within it. These characters,web when it was ruled by anarchists, this
however, can be provided with a voice overdubpractice  must  be  a  touch  of  nostalgia.
and manipulated in their on-screen movements
so that their game persona is completelyMachinima:  Find  It!
altered.
The art form has progressed to the point
Endless  Possibilitywhere there is an annual festival that shows
films created with the technology. Emmy
One machinima created from the Interplanetarywinning animators are experimenting with the
shoot-out Halo has been converted into a talktechnology and producing products worthy of
show with weekly segments. The specialpresentation- and awards – at film
effects are harnessed to create new actionsfestivals. Others have produced music videos
for the characters and their personalitiesusing game characters instead of musicians
are defined by the voice-over, as provided byfor the video sequences.
the amateur film maker who has assembled the



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