If this year’s SXSW film lineup is anything to go by, this will be a defining year for the festival. Below are our picks for the 12 with the most potential.
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If you want to know what the programming schedule is click this link for Programming. If you want a list of all of the films screening and what's on any particular screening reel, download the Movie Reels document. Both are Google docs so you can download them in any format you like. If you'd like to attend the Expo by coming to Second Life, just click the slurl below and follow it to the fountain area in Dainie Fraina's beautiful Manhattan Reverie New York sim. In the picture above, I'm sitting near the fountain with the Expo theater behind me. Click to go to the Second Life location of the Machinima Expo The Expo is being broadcast live 24/7 at the theater. But that's not all, you can explore the New York by checking out the shops (several are from our sponsors Muvizu, Moviestorm, 3Dconnexion, Open This End, Reallusion and Unity3D), exploring Central Park and perhaps dancing in the Manhattan Reverie's night club. More information on the Midnight Manhattan Reverie Second Life sim is here. We also have the VideoDome theater which is showing select machinima from our screening reels. The VideoDome is a unique, 360 degree theater that has to be seen to be believed. Created by Thoth Jentzen, the VideoDome is a kaliedescope style presentation that is mind blowing. Access to the theater is through a special "door" right next to the Expo Theater. You can't miss it. Delete the scoop?
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Twit Peek Review - Wulf and Eadwacer by Hypatia Pickens
Wulf and Eadwacer by Hypatia Pickens - An engaging mystery wrapped in some magnificent visual and audio poetry
catch the full movie at the Machinima Expo 2012 Jury Reel A starts Monday Nov 12
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Twit Peak Review : Star Recruit by JW Kwong
Joseph's deadpan delivery cracks me up, the film is a joy
catch the full movie at the Machinima Expo 2012 Screening Reel C
Screening starts Monday Nov 12
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view the complete list here
https://docs.google.com/document/d/126CGpbG638oHoajTZMYGNG8l8o4gJYvGGWdQEZxeVm4/edit
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This is the official trailer for the 2012 Machinima Expo, a 3-day virtual festival of machinima which takes place on November 16, 17 & 18th, 2012 in the virtual…...
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Screener and Jury film candidates will be notified soon
Final choices for our Screening films have been made. We will notify screeners and Jury film candidates first, then we'll notify everyone else who submitted a film. All filmmaker will receive notice on how their film fared at the Expo this year. BE patient, please!
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We are very proud to announce our 5-member Machinima Expo Jury for 2012. These 3 men and 2 women have a wide range of backgrounds, but they all share an interest in Machinima as an art form. Some jurists approach machinima from an academic point of view and have published books on the subject, while others are working professionals and see machinima as a contemporary form of entertainment that is becoming increasingly popular. These diverse perspectives are exactly what the Expo looks for in selecting a jury to screen our very best films.
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New version of Muvizu is out and it looks great! Muvizu is one of our main sponsors this year at the Expo. My thanks to Digimania/Muvizu for their support.
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A simple video guide to getting models/materials/sounds/effects from other Source games into Source Filmmaker. Also includes a nice guide for Gary's Mod models/materials.
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Second Life will soon be published on Valve's Steam distribution network, Linden Lab just announced, news that comes on the very same day that the company unveiled a plan to greatly improve SL's graphics quality and rendering performance, so...
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It's that time of year, we are planning to tidy up our website, clean out the clutter and generally make the site easier to navigate and use.Do you have a favourite site you love?
You can help us by letting us know what is working for you, and what isn't.
http://www.machinima-expo.com/
Have you submitted a film, how easy was that to do?
We are looking at new colour schemes, slicker buttons, and simplifying our site.
Why not post a link, and tell us what you love about your choice.
The Expo belongs to you and we would love to hear your ideas,
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The Chapelside Deception by IceAxe The Great Bug War by Damien Valentine The LAst Syllable of Recorded Time by Tutsy Navarathna Wulf and Eadwacer by Hypatia Pickens The Urban Explorer’s Guide to Losing Yourself by thebiz Parlant sans languettes by Joe Zazulak MetaSex by Tutsy Navarathna The Four Gods of Folly by Hypatia Pickens Libre Arbitre (Free Will) by Olivier Romme Unfinished Paintings (Dreaming of New Orleans) by Miron Lockett
Screening starts today!
http://www.machinima-expo.com/
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Twit Peek Review - Unfinished Paintings by Miron Lockett
Unfinished Paintings by Miron Lockett - Vibrant and earnest. The original music is the cherry on top
catch the full movie at the Machinima Expo 2012 Jury Reel B Screenings start Monday Nov 12
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TwitPeek Review - Vector Inspectors by Pookymedia
...Informative, entertaining and so well made
catch the full movie at the Machinima Expo 2012 Screening Reel Gstarts Monday Nov 12
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Expo Screening reels Start November 12
complete list of films here: http://tinyurl.com/bpskrn7
Watch at Manhattan Reverie Sim in SL (http://tinyurl.com/bwpv85t) or via the
Expo Livestream - http://www.livestream.com/themachinimaexpo
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Announcing the official Programming Schedule for the 2012 Machinima Expo! We are also posting our latest press release which we hope you will pass on to anyone you think would be interested. AND we want to thank Lucy Georges for designing our new EXPO LOGO! Feel free to download and use the logo to promote the Expo (see end of post).
Expo Programming Schedule
Our sincere thanks to Pooky Amsterdam for putting together such incredible programming for the 2012 Machinima Expo. Over 12 hours of presentations and discussions will take place over 3 days (November 16, 17 & 18, 2012). And well over half of the programming will be live.
Basically, the programming is arranged by theme for each day. Friday will be devoted to machinima craft with presentations by Moviestorm, Reallusion (iClone), Muvizu and more. Saturday will be more of a panels and discussions day with a Keynote address by Torley Linden of Second Life, visits by Paul Marino and much more. Sunday will be devoted to the Expo awards ceremony. We will announce all prize winners and screen each film immediately following the award.
And, of course, all of the Expo will take place at our beautiful Manhattan Reverie sim in Second Life (and via Livestream at machinima-expo.com).
We have worked diligently to organize the logistics for this year's Expo so that your experience will be more efficient and enjoyable. Please feel free to download the schedule and post on your site or send via email.
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Notices for films will start going out tomorrow (Sunday)
We've double-checked our votes and have finished deciding on all films submitted to the 2012 Machinima Expo. Notices for films will start going out tomorrow (Sunday). You will either receive a polite no, a notice that your film was selected for the Jury, the screening reels or honorable mention. We had a total of 150 films submitted this year. 10 Jury films were selected, 50 screeners and 21 honorable mention films. That means we will be showing about 40% of the films submitted to us. Very pleased with the quality of films submitted.
Congratulations to those filmmakers who were chosen. And a "Thank You!" to those who weren't. We hope you'll keep working on your craft and submit a film we can screen NEXT year!
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it's getting close folks - the trailer is coming soon
The Official 2012 Machinima Expo trailer is finished. I'll post the film along with credits on Monday. Approximately 3 minutes long and contains about 71 clips of 60 films that will screen at the Expo.
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Looks like some of you will get a little extra time to polish and/or render that special machinima film you are submitting to the 2012 Machinima Expo. Kate and I have decided to extend the submission period for one week! Now, you can submit your film any time up to October 7th at midnight!
We've been very pleased with the entries so far, but we want to give you all a little more time to polish and compelte your films. Remember to fill out the submission form compeltely and hit the submit button. You can post your film at Vimeo (our preferred location) as a public or private film. If you choose to make your film private be sure to give us your password.
Once you've submitted your film, we will notify you that we have received it. Sometime in the middle of October, we will also notify you if your film has been accepted, not accepted to the Expo.
Here is the link to submit your film.
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oWho is doing what at the 2012 Machinima Expo
Who is doing what at the 2012 Machinima Expo
After our talk through of the complete Expo last Sunday (9/23), I thought I’d put together a list of “who is doing what” at the Expo in November. You can use this document to find out what work’s being done, to know what you are doing and to figure out where we need additional staff to help out.
I. Programming
Pooky Amsterdam is doing all of the programming scheduling, logistics and organizing. Ricky is advising and helping out.
We will announce the final program sometime in late October, although a preliminary programming schedule will be posted in September.
We need someone to design/create the program for use at the Expo. Deadline for Program and final Programming is November 1st, 2012
II. Sponsors
Ricky is in charge of our sponsors. Iain Friar and Pooky are helping him. Announcing all sponsors by middle of October along with prizes posted on blog. Kate Lee has been creating our sponsor page on the machinima-expo.com site.
We shouldn’t forget to include those individuals who donated money early in June. I’ll post a list for Kate.
III. Backstage/Frontstage at the Expo, including Livestream of events
Russell Boyd is in charge of all Livestream events including live events at the Expo, pre-recorded events and Screening/Jury reels (plus other reels)
MC on Friday, 11/16 is Ricky with Pooky as Stage Manager.
MC on Saturday is Pooky, with Ricky as Stage Manager
MC on Sunday is Kinte, with Ricky/Pooky doing Stage Managing.
Kate Fosk and Damien Valentine will be assisting Stage Managers
Petlove will be running additional cameras for all three days.
Waiting on confirmation from Ken White for running Skype audio for all 3 days.
Daimie (owner of NY sim) and her designer will be setting up our stage for live events and screenings.
Bob is the owner of Videodoime, the very hip video screening space we are using as well.
We need additional staff to help with making signs, man the info booth and work as PA’s (production assitants)
IV. Screening Reels
thebiz is creating the “honorable mention” reel
Ricky is creating the pre/post titles + credits for each film.
Reels are as follows: (subject to change)
1. Screening reels (mostly like 2 or 3, 50 minute reels
2. Jury reel (most likely 1 reel, 60 minutes)
3. Spanish machinima reel (from our Spanish partners)
4. French machinima reel (from our French partners)
5. Mamachinima reel.
6. honorable mention reel (30 -40 minutes)
7. Second Life machinima reel
V. Promotion/Advertising
AnimaTechnica is doing the twitter posts
Ricky is doing blog/FB posts
Ricky is creating the short 15-30 ads for sponsors that will fit into Screening reels and perhaps during video breaks
VI Video Breaks during programming
Ricky is working on this but will need help to create video breaks primarily for Saturday programming.
Also will need to shoot parts of NY sim and Videodoime to use for breaks/technical difficulties video. Discuss with Russell how much we need. Ricky will find extra staff for this (perhaps Frita or AT?)
Three people are executive producers of the Expo
Ricky Grove
Kate Fosk
Pooky Amsterdam
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Expo update
Expo update: We are going to be doing a slew of announcements next week. Sponsors, programming, new Second Life location: lots of good stuff! And keep those submissions coming in, you only have two more weeks now!
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Each year we get close to a third of our submissions in the last week of entry.
I know you have to crochet table mats for your mum, wash the sheep, make gooseberry marmalade, recycle your duvets into soft toys for the local dog rescue centre...we do know how busy you are...
..but spare a thought for the screening team (insert violin music here) whose sheep will be unwashed, table mats incomplete and second duvets all stuffed behind the sofa come September...think how crazy they sound now...then imagine them switched up a notch as they try to view all those movies at once.
Put down that crochet hook, push the Sheep shampoo to the back of the shelf, then take a torch...tread carefully...but venture deep into the bowels of your file system...yes..there it is...'my great movie that just needs re-rendering to get rid of that odd noise at 03:14:07', 'that thing I made with whosit, the thing with the music and no title', and 'this movie I was going to submit in July but then the shed needed painting'. Remember those?
Why not put some time aside this weekend, unpeel a bar of chocolate, and sit back....no don't sit back...sit up..get the thing finished...and submit those films, you know you want to (insert mesmer eyes)
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"Summer is nearly to a close. The year is swiftly passing by. I thought I might do a mid year check on the pulse of machinima"
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