Completely Machinima Interview: Rene Jacob aka direx1974

Tracy Harwood Podcast Episodes April 21, 2022 Leave a reply

In this episode of the Completely Machinima podcast, Ricky interviews filmmaker Rene Jacob, aka direx1974, about his fan machinima film Alien: The Message – a film we reviewed in the April 2022 Films Episode of the podcast.  Through this film, Rene explains how he achieved his childhood goal of creating an homage to the Alien world and franchise – and the years of work that went into it.  He discusses his use of iClone 7 to create the effects he wanted and also his development of the soundscape for the movie. 



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Show Notes and Links

Completely Machinima Ep 61: April 2022 Films & Discussion

Alien: The Message, a fan film by direx1974

screencap: Alien: The Message

Reallusion’s iClone 7

Alien Isolation game

Casting Call Club

The Tavern, upcoming series by Rene Jacob

screencap: The Tavern, animation test


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