Machinima by Fay

Made these for my Machinima class this summer at Dartmouth. Used Snapz Pro X, Final Cut Pro, Mini-DV and Second Life to make this one. Had a lot of fun just experimenting with the medium, so unlike a lot of Machinima, my shorts play a lot with going between live action and animation (captured in Second Life). Enjoy the films! They were fun to make.





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MACHINIMA

FLANAGAN FS 49 DARTMOUTH 10A 301 N.FAIRBANKS

In this workshop, we conduct research in developing, understanding and advancing a real-time rendering and video production technique based on video games. This special topics course will allow a group of students to study the techniques of Machinima. Throughout the term students will examine film techniques and story creation techniques that apply to the traditional film form, examine Machinima on a technical and aesthetic basis, and critique current examples of Machinima films. Outside of class, students will collaborate, putting forth a large amount of effort to write and produce their own Machinima. Our course aims to investigate the underlying concepts of this new form of media, examining the relationship to animation, traditional cinema, and forms of popular culture. During the course, we will create Machinima projects while developing the theoretical framework around this approach as it relates to film and video, games, play, and participatory media.