Source Filmmaker Archives - Completely Machinima

S4 E119 Feature Length: Emesis Blue (Mar 2024)

Tracy Harwood Podcast Episodes March 7, 2024 Leave a reply

In all our years of involvement with machinima (over 75 years between us!), feature length has been something we’ve rarely found watchable… but with this week’s pick, we were proven wrong, mostly! Emesis Blue, made in Source Filmmaker using the Team Fortress 2 characterisations by Fortress Films, is an incredibly well-made if very complex story that was crafted over many years.

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Film, by Fortress Films, released 21 Feb 2023 –

Another review here, by Durham College Chronicle.

Ricky discusses pulp fiction, not the Tarantino film, but the style – here’s a useful source to find out more

Phil compares the film to Nolan’s style of filmmaking – more on that here

S3 E83 Half Life: HEV Suit (June 2023)

Tracy Harwood Podcast Episodes June 29, 2023 Leave a reply

This week, Phil has selected a short that will make all those H&S and Half Lifers smile equally… HEV Suit by @Zapper770 … because we all need more head crabs in our lives. The film is an example of great comedy timing.

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Film, by Zapper770, released 26 April 2021

Paul Marino, director of the Academy of Machinima Arts and Sciences and author of one of the first books written on how to make machinima, called The Art of Machinima (2009) (actually its pretty outdated in terms of advice, but good for ‘ole’ time’s sake’!

S3 E75 Film Review: Patient Zero – A Half Life Short (Apr 2023)

Tracy Harwood Podcast Episodes April 26, 2023 Leave a reply

Recently, we’ve seen some really great HL2 shorts, and this week we have an excellent one for you – Patient Zero is by TheParryGod aka Richard Makk, released in Feb. This is so well done you can cut the atmosphere with a butter knife, the choreography between the actors is brilliant and there are even some gratuitous small animal shots to boot. Hear us discuss the details and check out the film following the links below.

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Patient Zero – A Half Life Short, by TheParryGod aka Richard Makk, released 22 Feb 2023 –

Link to TheParryGod’s Flickr account here.

S3 E70 Film Review: Mann Co: Employee Training Video (March 2023)

Tracy Harwood Podcast Episodes March 23, 2023 Leave a reply

This week’s film is a SFM Saxxy 2017 entry by Tipsy Duck called Mann Co: Employee Training Video. Lots of in-jokes and satire in the style of a PSA machinima. It has a fantastic voiceover by Keith Ferrell aka Mr Tush.

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Film, by Tipsy Duck, released 8 Mar 2018 –

Tipsy Duck’s YouTube Channel

Phil’s classic PSA style satire, which made it to the Guinness Book of Records back in the day –

Link to playlist for the Saxxy Awards –

The Consultant, starring Christoph Waltz –

based on a novel by Bentley Little – check out the book review here on Scream Magazine’s website

S3 E60 Film Review: Team Fortress 2 – Law Abiding Engineer by TrueOneMoreUser (Jan 2023)

Tracy Harwood Podcast Episodes January 12, 2023 Leave a reply

This week’s film is Ricky’s pick, a Team Fortress 2 composited trailer of Law Abiding Citizen (film) made using Source tools. We discuss the throwback to the mid 2000s and how well the film has stood up to the test of time, the Saxxy Awards and another TF2 film which we also really enjoyed, Demoman (Pure Pwnage ep 15 Intro) by GiigoPwNs.

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