Filming in machinima looks easy, but it's got its own set of challeges. It's not just a bunch of post production after you move the characters around with your control pads. The film crews don't hack the game worlds, they just actually use what the world creates. So there are actually jobs for grips and production assistants to build sets. Well, building a set means moving a world-generated object to where the crew wants it, and the gamers have to be creative, and persistent, in moving that prop exactly where it needs to go. Just take a look at how much work it took to move a DJ console to the main stage.
"Prop truck? Do you see a prop truck around here? This isn't film school here... Crash!"
Wow! This has to be one of the best yet! I laughed! I cried! It moved me, Bob. Sorry, got to stop channeling VeggieTales.
ReplyDeleteSeriously, though, in FF nothing autostarts and there is no clickable link.
Paddy:
ReplyDeleteI included a link to a firefox playable link. Interesting though, that embedded quicktime players don't play nice with firefox.
Well...that brought back some memories of working in low-budget TV production. (I was the "kid wrangler" for two seasons of "Nickelodeon's Wild & Crazy Kids". And helped the P.A.s when I could; particularly first and last thing on the location.)
ReplyDeleteGood times, good times.
Never had to move a DJ console, though. (But I used to have a pretty big keyboard rig...)