This week’s film review is of [GTA5] 賽銭箱に身を投げる ロスサントス市警察, made by @mzanku – its absurdist humor but also deeply disturbing, which hits us all in different ways around half way through watching the film. Following our discussions, we conclude the creator probably didn’t intend for the work to be culturally appropriated as an interpretation of US police brutality, but that interpretation was nonetheless possible. In closing out the ep, Ricky discusses the new DLC for Elden Ring and the role cheese plays in enjoying it.
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[GTA5] 賽銭箱に身を投げる ロスサントス市警察 or Los Santos police throw themselves into offering box by mzankurow, released 14 April 2024 –
Elden Ring DLC available to download from Steam here
In this episode, we analyse our picks’ cinematics, beginning with ‘Day of Darkness’ made in Eve Online by Dire Lauthris and completing with ‘The Wanderer’ made in the Source engine by Dominzki. We discuss the use of ambiguity, character development, and narrative qualities, as well as the advancement of video game cinematics and in-engine techniques. We also examine how the horror of war has been conveyed through the unique visuals and sound effects in both these films.
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Day of Darkness II by Dire Lauthris, released 30 March 2009
This week, we discuss the art of machinima filmmaking, emphasizing the importance of craftsmanship, freshness, and humor in exceptional storytelling, as evidenced in ‘Lonely Episode Two: The Package Thief’ by TheBizTheBiz. We analyze the efficiency and density used in delivering witty lines and twists in what is essentially a modern retelling of the Lone Ranger, using mariachi music, masks, and character development, clever use of language and a well-executed comedic setup.
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Lonely Episode 2: The Package Thief by thebizthebiz, released 10 May 2024
Welcome to our latest bonus episode. We had the pleasure of catching up with Phil Rice aka zsOverman to talk exclusively about his latest machinima, called Being Moses. If there’s such as thing as a parody of a Let’s Play, this film is it! Check out Phil’s comments and watch the film.
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Being Moses – a Vintage Story #machinima tale by zsOverman aka Phil Rice, released 17 May 2024
This week we celebrate Nvidia’s investment in machinima, discuss latest AIs and give you the heads up on some great projects we want to highlight – there are just too many for us to fully review everything we’re seeing that we want to share with you these days! Do check them out, we’d love to hear your thoughts too – links and notes below.
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Homage to Nvidia’s Omniverse Machinima app by Pekka Varis, released 14 April 2024 –
Endgame by Peaches Chrenko and Dark Machine Audio, sound track –
JP Ferre’s DCS: Spitfires – Cinematic, a real tribute to those brave souls in WWII –
TheDavedood (Scratby Films) animation for Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon 50 years celebration – this one is for the single, Time –
Anomidae’s latest episode of the Half Life supernatural series Interloper –
Fallout inspired videos: JT Music’s Fallout rap, All in With the Fallout –
and Fallout – Dream on (tribute) by Couch Patrol –
Fables of the Foolish by Dreeko –
AI is Genie-us Init?
ElevenLabs has released a dubbing toolset tutorial, making different languages for videos even more accessible – link here
Google DeepMind has announced a new video generation model called Veo, which produces 1080p res videos for over a minute length in a whole range of different cinematic styles – link here
Stability AI has launched Stable Artisan to a wider user group on Discord – ats a tool for media generation and editing – link here
Showrunner by The Simulation, text to episode generator – link here
Winner of the 2nd AI Film Festival at Runway is by Daniel Antebi, called Get Me Out –
Luc Shurgers’ Skibidi Sam, video only on LinkedIn, created using Replikant – link here
Sony backs out of AI training with its catalogue – article here
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