We always love a good RDR2 machinima, and this is one by a Sam Menell, released on 9 Feb 2023. We watched this several times, and Tracy didn’t spot the UFO in the opening shot!
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Film, released 9 Feb 2023 –
Phil’s take on a no dialogue RDR2 film, released last year –
The Searchers, Duke Wayne shot –
Definitely not for kids, this week’s film is an horrific overview of the ‘true’ Wild West, courtesy of RDR2. The tale is told through the galloping lens of Dutch van der Linde’s character and Morricone’s classic composition, ‘The Ecstacy of Gold’… its The Good, The Bad and The Ugly but not as we know it!
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Film released on 4 October 2022
Digitally remastered version of Ennio Moriccone’s ‘The Ecstacy of Gold’
Check out Federica’s other films on her Vimeo channel here.
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Speakers: Ricky Grove, Tracy Harwood, Damien Valentine, Phil Rice
Produer/Editor: Ricky Grove
Music: House Loop by Sakebeats / CC 0 / Freesound.org66
This week Ricky goes all out Halloween for us. His selection is an old-style machinima (think Chaplin or Keaton) by one of the most prolific Warcraft movie makers from back in the day… actually 2008 for this one. The tale by Olibith has been made in World of Warcraft and has shades of Lovecraft, the grimmest of Grimms’ fairy tales and The Flintstones! We also discuss a bonus Lovecraftian film for all you Halloween buffs, It Lives Within the Sea by Orange Squadron (dir. Dominic Edwards) made in RDR2.
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Little White Poney Inn by Olibith, rel 22 September 2008
Olibith’s Warcraft movies page with tutorials on how to make machinima (from 2010)
Have a look at Olibith’s other work (Vimeo channel here), such as Le Terroriste
After we had recorded this show, we went looking for Olibith on social media and were dismayed to find that he passed away earlier this year. We were all very saddened by this news and of course extend our deepest condolences to his family. We dedicate this episode to his memory.
It Lives Within the Sea by Squadron Orange (Dir. Dominic Edwards), rel 28 Aug 2021
Ricky, Tracy, Phil and Damien present a mixed bag of machinima delights made in GTA5, Matrix Awakens Experience, Knights of the Old Republic and using Reallusion’s Character Creator, Unreal 5 and, surprisingly, Real Life! The episode poses an important question to listeners: what do YOU think about adaptations using film audio? Get in touch and let the team know!
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1:17 Shino and the Witch | Animal Crossing Short Film by Evil Imp, released 24 Dec 2021
10:32 GTA5 vs The Matrix Awakens (RAGE vs Unreal Engine 5) by ENXGMA, released 16 Dec 2021
16:31 Malak: An Old Republic Story | Star Wars Short Film by Unreal Cinema, released 24 Dec 2021
23:28 First Day – A Star Wars short film made with Unreal Engine 5 by AFK – The Webseries, released 16 Dec 2021
33:24 Realistic Environments | RealityCapture + Unreal Engine 4 (Dimension Studio) by Capturing Reality, released 19 May 2020
45:39 Terminator 2 (GTA 5 film) 2022 part 1 by Kramers Media, released 13 Jan 2022
57:51 Ricky’s question to audience: What do you think about adaptations using film audio soundtracks?
58:22 Red Dead Redemption 2 Supercut by Viva La Dirt League, released 6 Mar 2020
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Producer/Editor: Ricky Grove
Music: Octopussy by Juanitos. Creative Commons. Freemusicarchive.org
In this episode, Tracy, Ricky, Phil and Damien cover the relevance of Nvidia’s special address at CES for machinima creators, Adobe’s Project Shasta, Kerbal Space Programme, the uptake in VR kit over the Christmas period, growth in machinima, NFTs, Philip Rosedale’s return to the Second Life fold, the nail in RoosterTeeth’s RVB saga, Minecraft’s and Rockstar’s astonishing achievements, Ben Grussi’s history episodes and discuss two great questions posed by our followers: what’s the difference between machinima and animation and what’s the advice for adapting prose to visual media formats.
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1:10 Nvidia’s special address at CES, points relevant for machinima creators eg., Omniverse, AI
12:55 RDR2 images in the news!
13:40 Austin Film Festival
14:24 Adobe Project Shasta for audio recording
14:56 Kerbal Space Programme 2 impending launch
16:25 Machinima growth observations
17:28 VR growth observations
19:46 NFTs observations – Peter Molyneux and John Gaeta
23:57 Philip Rosedale and the future of Second Life for creators
40:30 Halo Xbox 360 multiplayer servers close – the end of the story for Rooster Teeth’s RVB series?
42:50 Ben Grussi’s history of machinima episodes of the Completely Machinima podcast
44:34 Matthew Loris/Zeke: what are the differences between machinima and animation discussion; Completely Machinima interview with Mr Anymation, Tom Jantol
1:00:48 Rockstar’s lawsuit against a modding group
1:02:21 Minecraft’s astonishing video reach
1:03:43 Pandora’s 3d Films: adapting prose to visual media formats preliminary comments
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