Friedrich announced this week at Free Pixel that the Machinima Film Festival 2008 is set to take place the first weekend in November in New York City. More details to follow. Yay!
And here’s what’s going on tomorrow. Doesn’t sound like bad luck to me!
- Machinima Party in Bitropolis - Bitfilm launches the grand opening of its virtual world prescence. Called Bitropolis, it takes place in the virtual world of Twinity; they’ll be showcasing Bitfilm nominee films, plus there will be a live DJ, virtual souvenirs, and a good chance to mingle with the international membership of the Bitfilm Club. More info is at: http://www.bitfilm.com/festival/bitropolis.php
- DiVAS Finale - Postponed from the original May 31 date, this Second Life sitcom’s first season comes to a close tomorrow. Two in-world screenings, followed by worldwide release. Check their blog for details.
- New Overcast - Ricky and I take on the first in a two-part series on acting in machinima. Check theovercast.com tomorrow, or watch MachiniFeed for the release announcement.
- The 52-week content marathon continues - This week, a guerilla-style short featuring a video game which, if you haven’t played it yet, as a machinima maker or enthusiast you really need to do so. Watch this blog for the embed, or keep an eye on the ZS YouTube channel.
Those of you on The ZS Forum have probably already seen the posts I’ve been doing recently, highlighting some of my favorite work submitted at the Bitfilm Festival this year. I don’t typically post a lot about entries in the machinima category, mainly because you are likely more familiar with those anyway. I will say there are some really excellent machinima entries this year, some which you’ve probably never heard of and need to see, so go look at ‘em and vote.
Here are some films which caught my attention in either the FX Mix (read: Anymation) or Real Time (read: Demoscene) categories which you might enjoy. Note that I’m linking to forum posts for them because in all cases the link to the Bitfilm entry is included there, and in some cases a link to a higher resolution version is also available:
See any others over there that you really liked? Tell us about them at the forum or by a comment here. Thanks!
What a stellar lineup! Voting starts today at the Bitfilm Festival site.
Nominees:
- Film: Exclusive Bitfilm Festival Trailer - Beckham meets Transformers?
- Article: Take It Back: 100 Tips to Defeat Content Thieves
- Film: Silent, part 1 by OneJovialSim - Another The Sims 2 filmmaker is creating some great looking Second Life machinima.
- News: Linden Lab Launches Department of Public Works - An idea whose time has come? The mainland needs it, for sure.
- Film: Full Body 3D Scanning in your Bathtub - Friedrich Kirshner continues to innovate.
- Article: Machinima, Software GUI and the Aspirational User - Mike Jones ponders Moviestorm.
- News: Moviestorm 1.0.3 Update - The progress continues…
- Film: Machinima.com Classics 1/30/08 - At least one of these looks very familiar…
Click here for archive of OverByte posts.
The Bitfilm Festival is calling for entries. Deadline is March 1, 2008.
Highlights:
Animatu is calling for entries for their 2008 festival. Deadline is May 30, 2008.
Highlights:
- They have a Machinima category for submissions
- Enter up to two of your films; No entry fee
- Winners selected by International Jury; category winners eligible to run for Grand Prize and Best Portuguese Film and in any category run for the RTP2-Onda Curta Prize (broadcast rights acquisition) and for the Tourism of Alentejo Award
- More info available at: http://www.festivalanimatu.com/2008/e_competicao_machinima.htm
Online Machinima Film Festival entries are closed; view the nominations by clicking here. Stay tuned for info about the award ceremony later this Spring in Second Life.
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