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Completely Machinima S1 Ep 5 Discussion (April 2021)

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S1 Ep 5 Machinima Discussion & Show Notes

And Now For Something Completely Machinima is a long-form podcast devoted to machinima (movies made in game engines), real-time technologies, and virtual reality. This month (April 2021) we are splitting our podcast into four sections which will post once a week: Machinima News (April 1), Machinima Films (April 8), Machinima Discussion (April 15), and a Special “Build a Machinima PC” podcast (April 22).

This episode was produced by Ricky Grove joined by hosts Phil Rice, Tracy Harwood, and Damien Valentine.

Summary: After Ricky’s Milan Machinima Festival report he brings up a question that was put to one of the Festival jurors (Henry Lowood – “…has machinima dissolved into the larger culture of streaming and game videos“) and then asks the other hosts their opinion. The next topic for discussion is the status and quality of the “Let’s Play” machinima in 2021. Phil has particularly good insights. Finally, the gang takes on a contemporary topic that might impact machinima creators in “What the Hell is NFT?“. As usual, Tracy has the best insights on this topic.

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Timecode for this Episode

00:00:38
Damien’s newest Episode of his machinima series, “Star Wars: Heir to the Empire” is out

00:02:32
Ricky’s Report on the Milan Machinima Festival

00:07:15
Ricky’s fav Milan Festival film “Fire Underground” by NIck Crockett

00:09:50
First discussion question, “..has machinima dissolved into the larger culture of streaming and game videos?“

00:10:36
Tracy’s answer

00:16:22
Phil’s take

00:23:17
Damien’s response

00:25:26
Ricky’s answer

00:32:14
Second question, “Is Let’s Play just game-play, or is it a more significant type of machinima?”

00:40:09
Ricky on a Let’s Play machinima at the Milan Machinima Festival

00:47:23
Phil on shooting “Father Frags Best”

00:52:44
Third question, “What the hell is NFT?”

01:06:50
Tracy nails the NFT question

Are we just all full of shit? Please contact us! We are desperately hoping to be told off in no uncertain terms. Phil especially is stressed because he reads all of the bot spam being posted as comments. Please help save Phil’s sanity, for God’s sake!

The Mind’s Eye: A Computer Animation

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Tthe first effort by director and co-producer Jan Nickman which served as a demonstration of computer animation when the art-form was still in its relative infancy. It is composed of a sequence of segments ambitiously chronicling the formation of Earth (“Creation”), the rise of human civilizations (“Civilization Rising”), and the technological advances of humanity from the advent of agriculture to the future exploration of the cosmos. The video speculatively concludes with a segment of what might be the next sentient species to arise on Earth, as well as the CGI short Stanley and Stella in: Breaking the Ice. The soundtrack was composed by James Reynolds. The sales of this video were RIAA certified as “Multi-Platinum” and reached as high as #12 on Billboard’s video sales chart.

The Mind’s Eye is a spectacular odyssey through time. Your journey begins at the dawn of creation and moves through the rise of man and technology. Travel in the world of abstraction and on into the future with breathtaking computer animation imagery. The Mind’s Eye joins the imaginations of over 300 of the world’s most talented computer animation artists with a powerful, original music soundtrack. This unique collaboration takes you on an incredible voyage into The Mind’s Eye. (1990, Archive.org)

360° VR Filmmaking Masterclass

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If you were intrigued by the conversation in Season 1 Episode 2 of our podcast, where we discussed the relatively uncharted territory of VR and 360 degree filmmaking, this may interest you.

Over at CreatorUp – a site focused on education on the art of storytelling – they have a course titled “360° VR Filmmaking Masterclass” taught by some remarkably experienced pros. They’re offering a free preview which lets you sample part of the first module of the training, and they’re running an early access special on the course at half its normal price. Right now the full course is available for $150, but at the end of April (2021) the price is set to go up to $299.

We tend to focus our attention here on free or low cost training opportunities, but I thought I’d mention this “premium” training simply because it’s highly specialized and is so related to a topic we recently discussed on the show. Plus, if you’re really serious about this kind of filmmaking, you’ve probably already made a substantial investment in equipment, or you plan to. So this kind of educational investment might make sense if that’s the case.

Check out their course page, which shows the full curriculum and schedule, tells you all about the instructors, and even has a trailer.

It’s worth mentioning, too, that CreatorUp has a substantial catalog of other filmmaking-related courses – many of which are priced under $20.

Completely Machinima Interview: Slavo Strangeovich

Ricky Grove Podcast Episodes April 10, 2021 Leave a reply

And Now For Something Completely Machinima is a long-form podcast devoted to machinima (movies made in game engines), real-time technologies and virtual reality. This month (April 2021) we are splitting our podcast into four sections which will post once a week: Machinima News (April 1), Machinima Films (April 8), Machinima Discussion (April 15), and a Special “Build a Machinima PC” podcast (April 22).



This episode was produced by Ricky Grovejoined by hosts Phil Rice, Tracy Harwood, and Damien Valentine.

Summary:  Ricky interviews Slavo Strangeovich (formerly known as m dot strange) about his new game “Nightmare Puppeteer”, which is actually a great machinima-creation tool. 

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Fully detailed and link-infused notes for this episode are available at:
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Slavo Interview

Imagination Rabbit Youtube channel

https://bit.ly/2QJkjpA

Nightmare Puppeteer on Steam-like

Nightmare Puppeteer on Steam (steampowered.com)

Nightmare Puppeteer website

Nightmare Puppeteer

Time links

1:31         Sets in Nightmare Puppeteer

3:35         Running Man set

5:35         Slavo corrects Ricky: He outsourced set creation like a good capitalist

6:48         Slavo on “Rando” characters and their use in Nightmare Puppeteer

8:28         Public response to Nightmare Puppeteer

9:28         Ricky can’t read his own handwriting but asks question anyway

10:17      Twitch Integration 

12:53      Fast overview on how to create machinima in Nightmare Puppeteer

14:38      How to record video in Nightmare Puppeteer

15:31      Hidden features in Nightmare Puppeteer

17:48      How to bring in custom content

19:45      Ricky’s Strange Opera idea and how to remove singers voice from a recording

21:14      Aida with Caruso and music credits

               link to Caruso recording at archive.org (public domain

https://bit.ly/39lvnj4

Completely Machinima S1 Ep 4 Machinima Films (April 2021)

Ricky Grove Podcast Episodes April 8, 2021 Leave a reply

CM S1 Ep 4 Machinima Film Selection & Show Notes

And Now For Something Completely Machinima is a podcast devoted to machinima (movies made in game engines), real-time technologies, and virtual reality. This month (April 2021) we are splitting our podcast into four sections which will post once a week: Machinima News (April 1), Machinima Films (April 8), Machinima Discussion (April 15), and a Special “Build a Machinima PC” podcast (April 22).



Episode 3 was produced by Ricky Grove joined by hosts Phil Rice, Tracy Harwood, and Damien Valentine.

Summary: All four podcast hosts present their machinima film picks with Phil going first followed by Ricky then Tracy and closing with Damien’s pick. General discussion of each film follows its presentation. Film discussion leads to a general chat on copyright and youtube. There is also a brisk discussion of the satirical “Let’s Play” machinima genre.

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Machinima Film Selections

00:42 Phil’s film pick: “Paws” by acagnoroprod
https://youtu.be/t3GmLQeoCtM

9:30 Ricky’s first film pick “Ghost Bois” by Spooktergeist
https://youtu.be/Phx0fdT96DU

The Spooktergeist – YouTube

14:18 Ricky’s second film pick “Justice.exe” by Oddboy_Eman
https://youtu.be/Am_41wM5FQU

Oddboy_Eman’s Youtube channel

Nightmare Puppeteer Machinima Creation Application

19:11 Tracy’s film pick “ SONS OF SKYRIM: PART II (ELDER SCROLLS V SKYRIM MACHINIMA)” by Egrif
https://youtu.be/VYMY8jzSEVE

Egrif’s Youtube channel

22:30 Phil on copyright and fair use
39:32 Damien’s film pick “The Worst City Ever” by Kilian Experience
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8o1AEzn28j4

Kilian Experience YouTube channel

44:31 Phil on “Let’s Play” machinima and satire

End

Music Credits

Closing Film Music

Midnight Chill by xcreenplay (freesound.org)

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