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On-line Documentary on Machinima
Hugh "Nomad" Hancock writes "Over at Machinima.com we've released "Artery: Machinima", a 22-minute broadcast TV program on the Machinima movement- film-making in real-time 3D. Originally broadcast on Scottish TV station STV, this documentary includes interviews with Uwe Girlich, the guy who got the whole thing started, sci-fi writer Charlie Stross, who is working with the Machinima group Strange Company, award-winning film director Peter Rasmussen, and Machinima makers including the Ill Clan (Hardly Workin'), Strange Company (Eschaton) and Nanoflix. Plus, lots of swords!" There's also a BitTorrent link to the documentary, courtesy GameTab.
Machinima is (as I understand it) the creation of film or movies through the use of game engines, such as the Quake III engine, or Unreal Tournament engine.
the blood has stopped pumping, and he's left to decay
the me that you know is now made up of wires
I never cared for the term either. It's obviously a combination of the words "machine" and "cinema", but the result is ungainly and ugly.
I cooked up my own word for the same thing, a combination of the words "mechanical" and "animation": Mechanime. Sadly, this term may not be good, either, as the "anime" half of the word may tend to connote Japanese animation, which is not intended. But it scans a hell of a lot better than, "Machinima."
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You're right, most of the their stuff isin't actually that good, I personally think they're doing machinima a disfavour.
First and foremost, they're not good directors at all which is why the films are consistently poor. Even in machinima, it's about story telling, it's about characters, their conflicts and how they interact with other characters. While one can do a film show casing techonology, it is never as good a film with a good story.
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Don't be silly. Your still a kid. If you feel like you have the wrong degree, go back to school. There is nothing wrong with having degrees in different area. If you feel your headed down the wrong path, figure out the path you want to be on and look for the nearest trail to get you to it. And what ever you do, do not think that the time you spent on one path was a wast of time. The experience you gained will make you a richer person. This is especialy true if you what to explore the creative side of existance. On the other hand the sooner you take action, the easier a change will be. There are more trails between the paths
I'm in my 40s. I've loved animation my entire life. I also love math and programming. I am a programmer, and have been an electronic tech. I don't have a degree. I have learned everything the hard way. Even though I know as much about software design as any college grad, not having a degree has limited my career. I have spent the last 10 years whining about the impossibility of getting that degree. I said things like "Try finding time to do anything when working 10 h/week OT jsut to feed myself and my son", or "Even if I get my degree, who is going to hire a 50 year old programmer, cause thats how old I'll be by the time I get it." Well now I say F it all. I'm going back to school. I'm gona get my degree, and its not going to be a CS. What I realy what to do is draw, sooo, I'll be starting school soon to get a degree in Character Design. If I finaly got the "stuff" to do a career redirect at 40+, you should be able to find the same "stuff" at 23. Now I wonder, whos gona hire a 50 year old newbie artist. I guess that 20+ years of programming experience will be usefull for a while yet:)