Conference #06

• Meeting Date: Saturday April 26 2008
• Topic: Free For All

Phil kicked off the discussion by sharing a couple videos he’d found this week, and discussion evolved naturally from there. Toward the end of the formal part of the discussion, we went around the room and asked everyone what they were working on at the moment…

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Conference #05

• Meeting Date: Friday 22nd February 2008
• Topic: Free For All

Guest host Frank Fox reports: “We touched on about 13 subjects during the first phase on my deck by the shore, then moo transported us up the street to her place and brought out a magic wand full of many physical and visual effects. The discussion veered off in a more freewheeling manner from there.”

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Conference #04

• Meeting Date: Saturday 26th January 2008
• Topic: Free For All

Participants: Phil Rice (US), Ben Grussi (US), Damien Valentine (UK), Elf (US), Frank Fox (US), Lucinda McNary (UK), Michael K. Clements (UK), Peter Rasmussen (AUS), Ricky Grove (US), Zachariah Scott (US), Michelle Pettit-Me (CAN), doogle300 (?), Will Vitale (?), NarcoticGetz (?), Thundara (US).

Elf’s article on encoding and distribution practices was the anchor for this month’s conference, though the unmoderated feel allowed conversation to venture wherever people felt led.

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Conference #03

• Meeting Date: Saturday 24th November 2007
• Topic: Free For All

Participants: Phil Rice (US), Ben Grussi (US), Sasha Rudie (US), Damien Valentine (UK), Bebop Vox (US?), Elf (US), Michelle Pettit-Me (CAN), Ricky Grove (US), Frank Fox (US), Leo Lucien-Bay (UK).

The conversation was even more free form than previous meetings, but the biggest topic was that of the challenges of using custom assets in various machinima platforms, and whether machinima done in that way (100% custom content) has any remaining advantages over traditional CGI.

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Conference #02

• Meeting Date: Saturday 27th October 2007
• Topic: Free For All

Participants: Peter Rasmussen (AUS), Phil Rice (US), Hugh Hancock (UK), Johnnie Ingram (UK), Leo Lucien-Bay (UK), Ben Grussi (US), Charlemagne Fezza (where are you from?), CJ Ambrosia (US), and Sasha Rudie (US).

Topics: Motion Capture, “free and clear” machinima tools, BloodSpell Feature Cut, Baron Soosdon’s machinima, democratized filmmaking, etc.

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Conference #01

• Meeting Date: Saturday 29th September 2007
• Topic: Free For All

Attendees: Peter Rasmussen (AUS), Phil Rice (US), Richard Grove (US), Damien Valentine (UK), Harrison Heller (US), Sasha Rudie (US), Hugh Hancock (UK), Ross Bambrey (UK), Leo Lucien-Bay (UK).

The conversation was very free form, touching on a number of topics, including: ownership / copyright issues with machinima, Machinima For Dummies, Second Life open source, the Machinima Europe Festival, Motionbuilder…

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